Student of Biomedicine (University Center of Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas). He is currently undertaking scientific initiation at the Chemical Neuroanatomy Laboratory of the University of São Paulo under the supervision of Jackson Bittencourt and Ammir Yacoub Helou. She has experience in molecular biology (e.g., rt-PCR). They propose investigating the effects of corticosterone manipulation on the gene expression of neurons containing melanin-concentrating hormone in the medial preoptic area and the lateral hypothalamic area.