Associate Professor in the Department of Administrative Sciences at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM, Brazil) and a permanent faculty member of the Graduate Programs in Administration (PPGA/UFSM) and Administration and Accounting (PPGACC/UFSM), where she teaches and supervises Master's and Ph.D. students. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), and a Master's and Ph.D. in Business Administration from UFSM, with a concentration in Organizational Strategy, including a doctoral research internship at the University of Vigo (Spain).Her research focuses on strategy, innovation, sustainability, and organizational management, emphasizing the interaction between academia, organizations, and sustainable development. She supervises undergraduate research, extension, Master's, and Ph.D. students, coordinates research projects funded by Brazilian research agencies, including CNPq and FAPERGS, and maintains scientific collaborations with national and international institutions. She is a leader of the Ecoinovar Research Group and has published extensively in national and international peer-reviewed journals.She serves as an Institutional Evaluator for the National Higher Education Assessment System (Basis/SINAES/INEP/MEC). Since 2024, she has been Editor-in-Chief of the Revista de Administração da UFSM, after serving as Associate Editor (20192024) and Editorial Assistant (20102019). She is also a member of the Editorial Boards of Humanities Social Sciences Communications and Discover Sustainability (Springer Nature), participates in panel discussions on scholarly publishing, and serves as a reviewer for several national and international academic journals.In academic administration, she served as Program Coordinator and Deputy Program Coordinator of the Undergraduate Business Administration Program at UFSM. She is actively involved in organizing national and international scientific conferences, including the International Ecoinovar Forum, Expo Ecoinovar, the Ecoinovar Scientific Exhibition, the Ecoinovar Olympiad, and the International Conference on Sustainability and Innovation. She also serves on scientific committees and as a track chair at major academic conferences, including ENGEMA, SEMEAD, and the International Ecoinovar Forum.