Geriatric Doctor with a Master’s in Geriatrics – Osteoporosis from the University of Sheffield and a Ph.D. in Collective Health from the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. Specialist in Geriatrics from AMB and the Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology.

She is currently a geriatric physician in the discipline of Geriatics at the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho.

She held the positions of vice-president of the Global FFN from 2011-2013.