Graduated in Social Communication - Public Relations Qualification from the Federal University of Santa Maria (1993), Master in Social Communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (1999), Ph.D. in Social Communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (2007) and post-doctorate in Communication at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria, linked to the Department of Tourism of the Center for Social and Human Sciences. She works as a professor and researcher in the Superior Course of Technology in Tourism Management and in the Graduate Program in Cultural Heritage at the Federal University of Santa Maria. She is currently Head of the Tourism Department at UFSM. In addition, she has experience in the field of Communication, working mainly on the following topics: communication, development and tourism, tourism communication, cultural heritage and tourism, communication management and cultural heritage.