Doctor and Master in Political Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. She did a degree in Political and Administrative Science at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. She is a researcher at the Nucleus of Studies and Research on Women NEPEM / UFMG, and author of the thesis: “El Estado no nos regalado nada: Processes of institutionalization of the demands of Afro-descendant movements in Brazil, Venezuela and Ecuador”. Throughout her professional career, she has worked on important research in the area of human rights, racial equality policies and policies for women in America.
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