PhD in Education, History, Politics, Society from PUC-SP. Psychology graduate from the Mogi das Cruzes University. Currently, she is a member of the Graduate Program in Education, and Master’s Degree Program in Psychology, Development and Public Policy, both from the Catholic University of Santos, where she also runs the Paulo Freire Chair. She is leader of the Research Group on Public Policies in Education: Work and Training. She coordinates the Working Group “Politicized Social Science” (GT CLASCO 2016-19) and is a member of the RESIEDU (Red de Estudios sobre Instituciones Educativas). She has trained researchers in education and teachers for higher education (master’s and doctoral degrees), and training teachers and managers of basic education (teaching degree programs).