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Currently pursuing a master’s degree in the Graduate Program in Urban Engineering (PPGEU) at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), with an ongoing international cooperation agreement with the National University of La Plata (UNLP, Argentina). With research focusing on the lines of "Evaluation and Analysis of Applied Urban Planning Instruments" and "Latin American Urban Dynamics," funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Bachelor's degree in Architecture and Urbanism from São Paulo State University "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP/Bauru. She was a FAPESP undergraduate research fellow (2018-2019) in the project *Urban Inclusion: From Favela to the Minha Casa Minha Vida Program*, process 2017/21011-1, and was a finalist in the selection of the best research projects at the XXXI Scientific Initiation Congress of UNESP. At UNESP, she was a member of the following research groups: (1) ARQHAB - Research Center in Architecture and Social Housing; (2) GEOPP - Policy and Public Policy Studies Group; and (3) SITU - Integrated Territorial and Urban Systems. She served as a social housing consultant for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) under the EEDUS Program through German-Brazilian government cooperation. Her work included preparing technical reports for the "Methodology for Assessing Degraded Housing Developments and Developing Tools to Expand Investments in Energy Efficiency" in MCMV projects in Bauru. Additionally, she worked in the private sector on licensing large-scale social housing developments with public authorities. Her areas of expertise include social housing, Latin American urban dynamics, urban and regional planning, industrial railway heritage, and public policies focused on the right to the city and housing.direito à cidade e à moradia.