Vera Lúcia Pereira da Silva Salgado (born 12 September 1967) better known as Vera Lúcia is a Brazilian politician affiliated with the Unified Workers' Socialist Party.

[3] Salgado grew up the youngest of 10 children,[4] in a poor Afro-Brazilian family in the state of Pernambuco.

[5] In her youth she worked in the shoe making industry, and became involved in trade unionist organizations as a result of the companies taking advantage of their workers.

[3] Throughout her life Salgado has worked various jobs to sustain herself, such as a being a waitress, cleaning lady, and even a typist.

[4] Originally affiliated with the Worker's Party, Salgado and several other politicians were expelled in 1992 after supporting the impeachment of then president Fernando Collor de Mello.