Laura Sabino
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Laura Sabino (born 1998 or 1999 in Ribeirão das Neves) is a Brazilian YouTuber aligned with Marxism and a member of the Landless Workers' Movement.[1] She is considered one of the most relevant voices in left-wing political formation on social media and was chosen as such to open Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's pre-candidacy for the presidency in 2022.[1][2]
Laura is originally from Ribeirão das Neves, in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, declaring herself as a "favela native".[3] She is the daughter of Heli Sabino de Oliveira, a university professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in the Department of Teaching Methods and Techniques,[4] and the first literate person in her family, coming from a humble background.[5] As a child, Laura accompanied her father on visits to settlements, where he taught in a federal program for training teachers for the Landless Workers' Movement (MST).[3]
Her status as the daughter of a university professor sparked discussion on social media about the trivialization of the term "privilege" and the importance of distinguishing between income earned through work and money inherited from one's social class background.[3][6] In 2022, Laura lost five family members in a car accident on the GO-139 highway in Piracanjuba, Goiás.[7] A photo of her with the politician Lula has been used as the basis for manipulated images circulated as fake news.[8] Laura has previously worked as a children's party entertainer.[9]