I got my Bachelor Degree in Social Communication with emphasis on Journalism (2009), and my Masters in Anthropology (2013) from the Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil. I have been awarded a Graduate School Scholarship to be able to study the Virtual Wakes in Brazil at the University of Bath.
Before starting my PhD in October 2014, I worked as a reporter for a news website (2013-14) and as a communication advisor for a Human Rights NGO (2009-14), both in the city of João Pessoa, Brazil.