Graduated in Dentistry at the University of Ponta Grossa (Paraná – Brazil), she worked in the Hospital sector in Brazil, Madagascar and Kenya. In 2004, in Pretoria (South Africa), she obtained a Degree in Education, linguistics specialization, at the University of South Africa (UNISA). She worked for 15 years in the Education sector, 8 of them at the International School of South Africa, in the North West Province. Still in South Africa she worked in the Cultural sector of the Brazilian Embassy in Pretoria.