Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Design at UFSM, where she was Head of Department 2017-2019. Lecturer in the Industrial Design Course. PhD in Architecture and Design Technology, Università degli Studi di Firenze/UNIFI-Florence, It. Master in Education, Federal University of Santa Maria/UFSM. Specialization in Design for Stamping/UFSM. Graduated in Visual Arts/UFSM and Licensed in Design and Plastics/UFSM. Leader of the CNPq research group G-DEC - Design, Education and Culture and coordinator of LabSuper - Surface Design Laboratory. Coordinator of the International Cooperation Agreement signed between the Federal University of Santa Maria-UFSM and the University of Florence-UNIFI since 2015. Editor of the Springer Series in Design and Innovation. Editorial board member and reviewer for several journals. Author of articles and projects. She coordinated and participated in several national and international events, seminars, workshops and exhibitions. Has experience in the area of Arts and Design, with an emphasis on Teaching Design Develops research, teaching and extension activities focused on Design processes and on the relationships between Surface Design and Environments, Surface Design, Design and Cultural Context, Identity, Museums Virtual, Creative Process, Image Reading, Drawing and Representation in Design.