They are currently a Technologist of public health, entomology, and other arthropods at Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro. They graduated with a degree in Medicine from the Fluminense Federal University (1988), a specialization in Medical Entomology from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (1996), a Master's degree in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1998), and a Ph.D. in Biodiversity and Health from the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (2014).