Murillo Soranso is originally from Belém, in the Amazon northern region of Brazil, where he learned about Spiritism at the age of 15. He moved to the US in 1997 and has been involved with the Spiritist Society of Baltimore, Conscious Living Spiritist Group in Miami and the Spiritist Society of Chicago. His proudest achievement in the Spiritist movement is co-founding the Spiritist Group of Central Illinois in May of 2017. The group is located in Champaign-Urbana, 130 miles south of Chicago. They hold weekly meetings in Portuguese and monthly meetings in English. Murillo lives in Champaign with his family.