Psicologist, master's degree in Developmental Psychology (2004) and Ph.D. in Psychology at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, 2008). Post-Doctoral at Purdue University, Indiana, USA (2022-2023), Associate professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) at Department of Developmental Psychology and Personality, Postgraduate Program in Education and Chief of Special Education and Autism Research Group (CNPq). Editor-Chief of the journal Revista Educação Especial (UFSM), Regional coordinator of the Forum of Journal Editors in Education (FEPAE/ANPED - Southern Region), Coordinator of Work Group 79 - Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Research in Health and Education Fields of the National Association of Research and Postgraduate in Psychology (ANPEPP).