She is a Full Professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), where she has worked since 2009. She serves as Quality Manager of the Laboratory Management System of the Technology Center (SGLab CT) and as Technical Manager of the Laboratory for Support in Product and Process Development and Innovation (LADIPP), which is accredited by the General Coordination for Accreditation of Inmetro (CGCRE) to perform calibrations in the fields of dimensional metrology and mass. She has ten years of professional experience as an engineer in companies in the metalworking sector, working in production and quality. She carries out teaching, research, and extension activities in the field of Production Engineering, with an emphasis on Quality Engineering, particularly in Quality Management and Control, Statistical Process Control, Metrology, Conformity Assessment, Accreditation of Calibration and Testing Laboratories, Maintenance, and Reliability. In university extension, she works in laboratory quality management and in the development of technological extension initiatives focused on student training, dissemination of a quality culture, and interaction among the university, companies, and society. She holds a Ph.D. (2006) and a Master's degree (2001) in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Passo Fundo (UPF).