She graduated in Geology from UFRGS in 1998 and earned a master's degree from the same institution in structural geology and geophysics in prospective target identification in 2000. She specialized in geostatistics from the Paris School of Mines (CFSG) in 2008. I have worked at Vale since 2004, in the area of ferrous resource assessment. My work includes the stages of database preparation and validation, geological interpretation, and ferrous resource model estimation.