Graduated in Psychology (2013), also holding a Licentiate Degree (2011) from Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo – UNISAL. She is currently studying for a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Behavior at the Institute of Psychology (IP-USP), with a research line on the neural basis of motivated behavior. She is primarily dedicated to the ultrastructural and quantitative study of the neuroendocrine action of the Melanin- Concentrating Hormone (MCH) and its communication with the oxytocinergic system. She works with processing and analysis methodologies in Electronic Microscopy (MET, SEM-AR, cryo-ME), Fluorescence, and Confocal Microscopy.