PhD in Human Sciences from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil) (2014-2017). Her focus is mainly on artistic and political manifestations of the peripheries of Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon. Master in "Crossways in Cultural Narratives" (Erasmus Master Mundus) in 2014 by the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, (Spain), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, (Portugal) and University of Sheffield, (United Kingdom).
Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Intercultural Studies (2011), with specialization in Portuguese Language and Cultures of Portuguese Language Countries, by Universitá Degli Studi di Firenze, Italy. She has experience in the areas of Literature, Cinema, Philosophy, Education, History, Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Studies and Decolonial Studies, Urban Studies, with emphasis on the study of cultures from the peripheries of Portuguese speaking countries (especially Brazil, Portugal and Angola).