She holds a bachelor's degree (1985) and a master's degree (1993) in Administration from the Getulio Vargas Foundation - SP and a doctorate (1997) from Manchester Business School - England. She is currently a professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation - SP and is part of the permanent teaching staff of the Postgraduation Program in Business Administration of this institution. She worked at Mackenzie Presbyterian University as a professor at the university's PPGA for 10 years. Between 2004 and 2008, she coordinated the said Post-Graduation Program. She has professional experience in multinational and national companies of great and small. She was the Scientific Editor of the Administration: Teaching and Research - RAEP, edited by ANGRAD between 2009 and 2011, and Coordinator of the Administration, Accounting and Tourism Department of CAPES in the 2011-2013 and 2014-2016 triennia. Her main research interests are social networks, cooperation, consumption and market.