PhD in Media Communication by the Graduate Program in Communication of the Federal University of Santa Maria-RS, holds a degree in Social Communication - hab. Public Relations from the Feevale University Center (2003) and master's degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (2010). She is currently an assistant professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria. She has experience in the area of #8203;#8203;communication advisory, and in the academic field she is interested in the themes of communication, feminism, gender and decolonial thinking. Integrates the research groups Communication, Public Policy and Citizenship andRESTO - Laboratory of Journalistic Practices, UFSM.