Currently a researcher at the Postgraduate Program in Movement Sciences at São Paulo State University (UNESP), holding a postdoctoral fellowship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Graduate Program in Health Sciences at the Albert Einstein Israeli Institute for Education and Research (Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil) with an institutional fellowship. Holds a Masters and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Pediatrics at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), supported by a CAPES fellowship, including a doctoral exchange period at the Universidad de Santiago de Chile (Santiago, Chile). Holds a specialization in Exercise Physiology and Resistance Training in health, disease, and aging from the School of Medicine at the University of São Paulo (USP). Graduate in Physical Education.