Brazilian researcher, PhD in Public Policies & Human Development with solid professional experience in management and planning cultural policies, as well as arts projects, in private, public and communitarian sectors. She has up to 15 years of professional experience in this area, having worked as a project consultant in various public administration bodies, in Brazil, always with a close interface in sustainability and cultural programmes. She holds a Master's degree in History, Politics and Cultural Heritage from the prestigious Centre for Research and Documentation in History (CPDOC) of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (RJ, Brazil) and graduation degree in Humanities. She is currently attending an MBA in International Management of Cultural Policies, a UNESCO partnership with the University of Girona.