Dr Carla Adriano Martins, Senior Lecturer. Dr Carla Martins is a dietitian (UNISUL, 2010) specialized in gastronomy (IF-SC, 2009) with a Master’s in Nutrition (UFSC, 2012), a Ph.D. in Public Health Nutrition (USP, 2017), and postdoc experience in Nutritional Epidemiology (USP, 2019) and in Sustainability, Cooking and Food Security (University of Manchester/UK, 2020; UNICAMP, 2021). Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Food and Nutrition, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, and a researcher at the Centre for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health (NUPENS), University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. Carla's primary area of research is the utilization of culinary practice (domestic/professional) as a tool to promote healthy and sustainable diets/food systems. Additionally, Carla's research involves the advocacy of adequate, healthy, and sustainable food, personal and professional culinary skills, and the spectrum of food service from production to consumption. Furthermore, Carla develops educational programs and capacity-building initiatives relating to food, nutrition, and sustainability.