Professor at the UFMG School of Music. PhD in Health Sciences (area: Child and teenage Health – research line: child development) from the Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Master’s degree and specialist in Music Education by the Federal University of Minas Gerais and Bachelor in Piano by the same institution. She develops research in the music and cognition area, teacher training in Music. Coordinates the Music, Education and Culture Core extension program, "Music for Everyone" project, and "Music at Regular School – Integrated Project CMI / UFMG". Director of the Center for Integrated Musicalization – CMI at UFMG.