She holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1988), a master's degree in business economics from the Getulio Vargas Foundation - SP (1994) and a doctorate in business economics from the Getulio Vargas Foundation - SP (2002). She is currently a career professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo and a part-time professor at the School of Business Administration of São Paulo (EAESP) at the Getulio Vargas (FGV). Her main areas of research are: labor economics, education economics, social policies, poverty and income distribution.