Graduate in pharmaceutical-biochemistry at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (FCFRP/USP) (1999), with a master's (2003), doctorate (2007) and post-doctorate (2013) degree at the same Faculty, in Drugs and Medicines, Medicines and Cosmetics, and Molecular Biology, respectively. During her master's, doctoral and post-doctoral degrees, Berretta worked with propolis extraction processes, propolis extract standardization, propolis thermoreversible gel development and characterization, development and validation of quality control methods for propolis, propolis extract and final product evaluation. She also worked with antimicrobial and antioxidant in vitro determination, as well as wound healing and candidiasis in vivo models. During her doctoral degree, she worked with burn patients in the Burn Unit at Clinical Hospital of Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, USP, treating these burn patients with propolis thermoreversible gel. She has been working in R&D and Innovation at Apis Flora since 1999. She is a member of the bee products commission at ABNT, and was chosen to be the Convenor at ISO to coordinate Working Group 2, creating the First International Propolis and Propolis Extract Standard, in 2019. She is currently President of ABEMEL (Brazilian Association of Bee Products Exporters) and founded a start-up for pollination services called AgroBee. She holds eight patent applications, and five already approved patents.