Joice Cristina Hasselmann

ABOUT JOICE CRISTINA HASSELMANN

Brazilian politician, journalist, writer, activist, and political commentator. She has 390,000 followers on Twitter, 600,000 on Instagram, and 1.8 million on Facebook.

After completing her secondary education, she attended a medical college entrance exam in the specialty of neurology. But because of an experience as a TV presenter in her hometown, she studied journalism at the State University of Ponta Grossa.

In her 2018 run for the House of Representatives, she was elected with 1,078,666 votes, becoming the most voted for woman ever in this position.

She was born in the city of Ponta Grossa, State of Paraná, Brazil and lived in different Brazilian states throughout her youth. She has a daughter and has been married to the neurosurgeon Daniel França since 2016.

In March 2018, Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro invited her to launch her candidacy for the Brazilian Senate by the Social Liberal Party.