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Drauzio Varella, medical doctor and oncologist, beginning in 1989 spent ten years working in AIDS treatment and prevention with the prisoners of Carandiru, a House of Detention in São Paulo, Brazil.

Has 2 daughters: Mariana and Letícia, from his first marriage.

Stepfather of physiotherapist Nina and actor Gabriel Braga Nunes.

Son of Lydia, who died when Dráuzio was four.

Has an older sister named Maria Helena and a younger brother named Fernando.

Grandfather of Manuela, born in 2004 (Mariana's daughter).