Her father’s companion in the courageous struggle to keep their traditional way of life alive, Angela bears the surname of the rubber tapper Chico Mendes, whom she lost to murder when she was a young activist of 19. Chico is a world-renowned environmental hero whose legacy lives on in the Chico Mendes Committee, an activist organization that Angela chairs, and in the dream of creating protected territories where people can produce in harmony with nature.
