Ana Beatriz da Silva recalls her early years in a small room behind a beachfront apartment in Rio de Janeiro, where her mother worked as a maid. This experience led her to reject the idea of having a maid's room in her own home. The presence of maid's rooms in Brazilian homes is seen as a relic of the country's history of slavery and a symbol of inequality. There is a growing movement to eliminate these rooms, with many considering them to be racist and classist. Younger generations are challenging these inequities, and labor laws have made live-in maids less affordable. As a result, maid's rooms are being repurposed or eliminated from modern homes. The debate over maid's rooms reflects Brazil's struggle to come to terms with its history, and the disappearance of these rooms is seen as a step towards a more equitable society.