Francisco T. Barbosa

Many families live far from each other. They get together on Christmas Day, one of the best days of the year. But the Secret Santa draw has to happen weeks before, while everyone is still in a different city or country.

That draw should be fair for everyone: for adults and children, and for the people who live close and the people who live far away.

So I built SantaTogether, and I built it for everyone. The full exchange is free: invitations, wishlists, gifts for children and a draw that keeps every match private, even from the organizer.

I have been a dentist since 2004. My field is implant dentistry, and I teach it to other dentists.

In 2015 I co-founded Periospot, a dental education site. There I write the material and build the tools: a newsletter, interactive ebooks, 3D atlases and a course.

Dentistry is my profession. Building solutions is my passion. When a small tool can fix a real problem, I like to build it.

I build SantaTogether with the help of AI tools. I decide how it works and what it must never do: show the organizer who gives to whom, or run a draw that quietly breaks a family's rules.

Each guide says who reviewed it and when. A guide that nobody has reviewed yet says that too.