The Author

The journey of a doctor who found her inner compass

Origin

I was born in 1994 in Itabira, a small mountain town in Brazil. The same place shaped Carlos Drummond de Andrade, the greatest Brazilian poet. Life moved with a calm rhythm, and in that quiet I learned to notice what begins as a whisper.

Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet from Itabira
From “Seven-Sided Poem”: “Universe, vast universe, my heart is vaster.”
Cynthia as a child in Brazil
Kindergarten graduation, curiosity already leading the way

Life felt ordinary, yet an inner voice grew. That quiet attention became the seed of medicine and writing.

The inspiration

My parents were young, humble, and determined. They worked overtime, traded vacations for future plans, and saved every coin until the home they built was real. From them I learned the sequence that shapes a life: desire, direction, discipline.

Cynthia with her siblings
My siblings and me, the reason for every effort
My parents in Brazil
Two people with one steady desire to build a home
Desire can transcend circumstance.
Cynthia working as a doctor
Medicine trained my eye to truly see

Medicine and the gaze

I became a medical doctor and later a radiologist. Medicine trained me to observe, recognize, and interpret. That clinical precision opened a deeper lens. My gaze turned inward, and I began to write about desire: the force that shows what is alive and what is only habit.

Radiology Observation Listening

A new desire

Training gave me rigor, listening gave me direction. A clear project emerged: to write a book that serves as a compass. These pages blend reflection, real stories, and practical steps, inviting a return to the inner current that sustains purpose and renews vitality.

Desire did not push me, it pulled me.
Cynthia in graduation gown
Milestone that refined direction, not identity

My mission today

I am a physician and a writer. I help people recover authentic desire in a culture that rewards adaptation more than inner truth. This journey is an invitation to investigate what you truly want and to design a life that breathes from that source.

Dr. Cynthia Camilo portrait today
Perhaps my desire has found an echo in your curiosity. Perhaps something within you is ready to awaken.