Paulina Valamiel is a sociologist of religion, researcher, and educator, who serves as Communications Associate at Chacruna Latinoamérica in Brazil. She holds a PhD in sociology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and is the author of works on Santo Daime, with a focus on the transnational dynamics of ayahuasca, gender, and sexuality. As an affiliated researcher at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) in Brazil, she is currently developing a project on women and psychedelic spiritualities from perspectives of the Global South. She is also an associate researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Psychoactive Studies (NEIP), and a member of the ReGeSex (Religion, Gender, and Sexuality) research group. Additionally, she serves as a queer daimista representative at GIN-SSOGIE (Global Interfaith Network for People of all Sexes, Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities, and Expressions) and as co-founder of Hijas del Sur, a Latin American Network of psychedelic women.