Graduated in Bachelor’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Social Sciences from UNICAMP (1988), Master’s in Performing Arts from the University of São Paulo – USP (1993), PhD in Arts from the University of São Paulo – USP (2003), post-doctorate in Communications and Arts from ECA – USP (2012), Master’s in Quantum Science (Jaipur University of Technology – 2022), post-doctorate from the Brain, Belief and Behavior Lab, Coventry University, England (2024). Professor at the Institute of Arts at UNICAMP.

Founding member of TAO Produções Artísticas Ltda, ABPEducom – Brazilian Association of Professional Researchers in Educommunication, Teatro de Arte e Ofício de Campinas, and Centro Cultural São Sebastião tem alma. She worked as a consultant for the United Nations Development Program. Member of the Center for Pragmatism Studies. Experience in the area of ​​Communication with emphasis on Education, working mainly on the following themes: theater, communication and environment, cinema, children, digital media and cultures and environment.

Writer, filmmaker, screenwriter, produced and directed feature films: “Guaiá dos Mares” (1997), “A Ilha do Terrível Rapaterra” (2006), “Topografia de um Desnudo” (2009), “Bem-te-vi” (2011), “O Crime da Cabra” (2016), “Bye, bye Desemboque! Lima Duarte e suas veredas” (2021), “Palavras ao mar” (2021), “Mama minha!” (2022, Best Feature Film at the Paris, New York, Santa Monica, Chicago festivals), creator of television series (“Assembleia dos Bichos”, “TV Povos do Mar”, “As Joias da Princesa”), co-produced documentary series with TV Brasil (“Travessia” 2009) and SESC TV (“Na sombra da História” 2014). Producer and Director of theater, cinema and television, working since the 80s, she has produced and directed more than 30 theater shows, 40 short films and won several awards. Audiovisual director of the project “Forest Thought” Coventry University, England. President of ECOCINE – International Festival of Environmental Cinema and Human Rights, created in 1992. Published books: Caiçara a culture that resists, Teresa Aguiar and the Rotunda – 4 decades on stage, Children and audiovisual – educommunicative methodology Bem-te-vi, Brigitte eyes of the star, Cleopatra’s bath, Morpheus’ nightmare.