Indigenous person belonging to the Pataxó People of the Far South of Bahia. Artisan. Social Worker. Ph.D. in Social Work from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Master’s degree in Social Policy and Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES).
At the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), she works as an Assistant Professor in the Undergraduate Social Work Program; member of Coletivo PARENTES – Indigenous Network at UFOP; member of NEABI – Center for Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Studies.
She is a member and part of the current Coordination of ABIAS – Brazilian Articulation of Indigenous Social Workers. She is a researcher member of ABEPSS – Brazilian Association of Social Work Education and Research, participating in the GTP – Thematic Research Groups “Feminisms, Ethnic-Racial Relations, Gender, Sexualities and Social Class,” in the collective coordination of the Indigenous Issues and Social Work area. She is a member of Wayrakuna – Plurinational Movement of Indigenous Women and Leader of Wayrakuna – Indigenous Women’s Research Group (registered in the Research Groups Directory of CNPq/MCTI). She has experience in the field of Social Work and, currently, has dedicated herself to the following topics: ethnic-racial issues, Indigenous issues, environmental issues, global sustainability crisis, Anthropocene, bem viver, and Indigenous reclamation.
