She holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto- USP (1990), a master's degree in Biological Sciences in the Genetics Area from the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto - USP (1993), a PhD in Biological Sciences in the Genetics Area from the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto (1997) and a post-doctorate from FCFRP-USP (1999). She is currently an associate professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto at the University of São Paulo and former coordinator of the postgraduate program in Toxicology (2020-2024). She was president of the Culture and Extension Committee of FCFRP/USP. She is accredited in the postgraduate course in Toxicology at FCFRP-USP and in the Genetics course at FMRP/USP. She is the author or co-author of more than 140 national and international publications. She works mainly on the following topics: genotoxic and antigenotoxic analysis of nutraceuticals, epigenetics and nutrigenomics. Guest editor of the special volumes of Nutrients: GeneDiet Interaction Analyses in Chronic Non-contagious Diseases and Advances in GeneDiet Interactions and Human Health.