[1][2] Born in São Paulo, he holds degrees from the University of Fortaleza, Harvard Law School and Instituto Rio Branco, the Brazilian Diplomatic Academy.

[2] He joined the Brazilian foreign service as a diplomat in 1991 and, in addition to São Paulo, lived in Fortaleza, Brasília, New York, Santiago, Boston, Mexico City, Washington, Tokyo, and Frankfurt.

In 2005, he was admitted to the Order of Rio Branco by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, already at the rank of ordinary Officer.

[9] In 2014, he published "Sérgio Y. Vai à América",[10] winner of the Paraná Literature Prize[11] and translated into English[12] and Italian.

[16] Author of books addressing sexual and gender diversity, Alexandre Vidal Porto is an LGBTQIA+ activist and correlates his literary career to his own homosexuality.