Overview
- UP’s National Directory unanimously approved Martins as pre-candidate in February 2026, casting the move as a working-class answer to outsourcing, contractor hiring, app-based gig work, long shifts, low pay, and violence against women and Black people.
- Martins, 38, works as a dentist in Brazil’s public health system in Rio Grande do Norte and serves as the party’s national vice president.
- She coordinates the Revolutionary Black Front and is active in the Olga Benario women’s movement and housing organizing, building on earlier leadership roles at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte and the National Student Union.
- In the 2022 race she ran for vice president on UP’s ticket with Leo Péricles, which received 53,519 votes, equal to 0.05% in the first round.
- Coverage identifies her as a Black woman and, as of April 2026, the only woman declared in the presidential field, which also includes figures such as Lula, Flávio Bolsonaro, and Romeu Zema.