Laura Sabino
# Laura Sabino

Laura Sabino (born 1998 or 1999 in Ribeirão das Neves) is a Brazilian YouTuber and politician aligned with Marxism and a member of the Landless Workers' Movement. 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.

## Personal life

Laura is originally from Ribeirão das Neves, in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, declaring herself as a "favela native". 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, and the first literate person in her family, coming from a humble background. 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).

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. In 2022, Laura lost five family members in a car accident on the GO-139 highway in Piracanjuba, Goiás. A photo of her with the politician Lula has been used as the basis for manipulated images circulated as fake news. Laura has previously worked as a children's party entertainer.

In 2019, she enrolled in the History course at UFMG.

## Political activity

In 2016, she participated in the wave of occupations of secondary schools.

She is a Marxist and an activist of the MST (Landless Workers' Movement), whose cap she wears as her trademark. She is considered one of the most prominent YouTubers associated with left-wing political education. In this capacity, she was chosen to open the launching event of the pre-candidacy of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the candidate for the Workers' Party in the 2022 presidential elections. The event took place on May 9, 2022, at the Expominas in Gameleira, in the western region of Belo Horizonte.

Laura began her political activity on social media in 2019, aiming to provide accessible knowledge to the poor and marginalized population. By May 2022, Laura had 116,000 subscribers on YouTube, 138,000 followers on Twitter, and 123,000 on Instagram. She also participated on TikTok. Due to her presence on social media, she faced backlash and attacks from the far-right on these platforms.

In July 2022, following the public exposure of a video featuring a 14-year-old transgender girl filmed in a women's restroom, which was posted by Nikolas Ferreira, then a city councilor in Belo Horizonte from the Liberal Party, Laura challenged the councilor to a Muay Thai fight, labeling him as a coward.

Laura identifies herself as a supporter of the ideas of Antonio Gramsci, advocating for the importance of political education to break the ideological dominance of the ruling classes. She also argues that society is currently witnessing the failure of capitalism and that social democracy is not sufficient to solve social problems.

