Graduated in Radio and Television (UFPB), with Post-Graduation in Telejournalism FESP and Master in Communication (UFPB). She is a researcher in the area of audiovisual production through mobile devices. She was the pedagogical coordinator of the Film and Human Rights Exhibition and of the Paraíba Cine Senhor Projects. Worked in the production of 40 short films. He directed the documentaries Dois e Trinta (awarded at festivals and sold to Canal Brasil, Organizações Globo), O Olhar de Zezita (awarded in festival) and Intelectuais da Vida (launched at the VIII International Meeting of the Paulo Freire Forum in Los Angeles - USA). In cinema, he has also acted as a Jury for festivals (Paraíba). Participated as a speaker in film projects. He directed video classes for the Pedagogy course, for the Professional Masters in Management in Learning Organization and for the Africanidades Project (Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe and Guinea Bissau), at UFPB. She was the producer of the program Zuada (TV UFPB). He worked in journalism production for TV Cabo Branco and Correio. The filmmaker believes that cinema and education together can transform lives and build beautiful stories.

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