Master's degree in Geography, with a focus on Spatial Organization, from the Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences (IGCE) at São Paulo State University “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP), with a thesis on the unequal production of South American space through large infrastructure projects. Geographer and graduate in Geography also from UNESP, having completed a sandwich undergraduate program at the University of Lisbon (UL), in the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT) and the Center for Geographical Studies (CEG). He has conducted research on regional integration, spatial production, and the self-determination of peoples. He has experience in regional integration, regional development, and political geography. He has also worked in basic education and was a researcher in the field of consumer science.