Guto was born in Sorocaba, countryside of Sao Paulo State. He graduated as Architect and Urban Planner in 2003 at USP - University of São Paulo. During nine years he was a researcher at NOMADS.USP - Center for Interactive Living Studies of the University of São Paulo. In 2007 he got his Master degree at the same University with the dissertation, Hybrid Habitation: Interactivity and Experience in the Cyberculture Era.