Heloísa Helena Lima de Moraes Carvalho (; born 6 June 1962 in Pão de Açúcar, Alagoas) is a Brazilian nurse, schoolteacher, and politician, member of the political party Rede Sustentabilidade. She is the Brazilian woman to have received the third highest voting in a presidential race, ranking behind Marina Silva and Dilma Rousseff in 2010.
In 1998, she was elected Senator for Alagoas. Then a member of the Workers' Party, but in 2003 was expelled from the party. The following year, she was one of the founding members of the Socialism and Liberty Party. In 2013, she helped found the Rede Sustentabilidade Party.
In March 2022 she was amongst 151 international feminists signing Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto, in solidarity with the Russian Feminist Anti-War Resistance.
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External links Official web site "Victory for PT in municipal elections" by Heloísa Helena (February 2001) Interview with Heloísa Helena Interview with Heloísa Helena