Shayan Zuccherelli, a transgender man, was born and raised in the kaleidoscopic landscapes of Brazil. In 2018, the threshold of adulthood, he decided to embark on a journey to the Netherlands, guided by the pursuit of a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam, with a minor in Cultural Anthropology and Developmental sociology.

While in Amsterdam Shayan worked as both a copywriter and translator for several Dutch magazines and art institutions, including Subbacultcha Magazine, Art Gallery Hotel Maria Kappel, P.R Agency Lide Multimidia, P/////AKTPOOL, and the Soapbox Journal.

In 2024, Shayan returned to Brazil, where he is currently working as a Technical Writer and Cultural Projects Coordinator.