Áquilla Correia is a Brazilian afrotravesti artist who has lived in Lisbon for three years. She studied Theatre at Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (Minas Gerais, Brazil) and holds a Master’s degree in Theater and Community from the Lisbon Film and Theatre School. Aquilla’s work engages with gender identity and allows travesti bodies to be the protagonists of their own stories. She directed Benedites, with more than 50 travesti and non-binary bodies on stage. In Lisbon, Áquilla has worked as a voice actor for television. She performed in Madonna’s 2019 music video “Medellín” (ft. Maluma) and in the music video for Blaya’s “Baza”.