Multimedia

Should I have to define myself in one single word, the word would be MULTIMEDIA. Since very young I was encouraged to develop different skills from embroidery to languages, from classic ballet to science. My mom is a retired Portuguese teacher and this guaranteed that plenty of books were promptly available. Daddy was and is a self teaching curious person, a natural leader. They taught me the most important lessons such as responsibility and resiliency. And maybe most important is that they have always respected my decisions leading to a self confident personality. 

Left home at the age of 18 to go through BS, MSc and PhD. Was very lucky to be advised by some of the most prominent scientists in the University of São Paulo such as Professor Aldo Malavasi and Professor Antonio Salatino. From São Paulo, I moved to southern Brazil where I lived for 11 years and learnt a lot from the interaction with researchers such as Dr. Adalecio Kovaleski, growers and representatives of the pesticide industry. That's where I started my job as private consultant on Plant Protection and obtained accreditation by the Ministry of Agriculture to run pesticide evaluation tests and pest risk analysis.

Currently, I live in Belo Horizonte, where I assist Professor Evaldo Vilela on a countrywide project on Plant and Animal Health and Inspection, along with some ongoing Pest Risk Analysis projects hired by Brazilian and foreign institutions.