She holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from UFPA (1991), a master’s degree in Economics from UNICAMP (2001), and a doctorate in Social Sciences (Comparative Studies Program on the Americas) from the University of Brasília (2010). She is an associate professor and researcher at the Faculty of Economics of the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) and the Graduate Program in Law, Public Policy, and Development at the University Center of Pará (CESUPA). She has extensive experience in teaching, research, and consulting in the field of Economics and Law, with an emphasis on development and public policy, working mainly on issues related to the Amazon and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She is the leader of the MinAmazônia research group (Public Policy and SDGs in the Amazon) at CNPQ. She has published on topics such as public policy, development, poverty, microcredit, indicators, law and justice, the labor market, family farming, SDGs, and mining.