Alessandra Gotuzo Seabra is a psychologist, with PhD (2000) and post-doc (2001) at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She is a professor at the Postgraduate Program in Human Development Sciences, at Mackenzie University, Brazil, and a Visiting senior fellow at the University of Surrey, UK (2023-2024). CNPq Productivity Scholarship. Associate editor of the journal Psychology: Theory and Practice. She was president of the Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors of Psychology (2014-2016), vice-president of the Brazilian Institute of Neuropsychology and Behavior (2015-2019) and president of the Brazilian Institute of Psychological Assessment (2013-2015). Member of the Science for Education Network and of the Scientific Committee of the Brazilian Association of Dyslexia. She is interested in cognitive development, with a focus on neuropsychological assessment and interventions, and is the author of more than 190 papers, 40 books, 260 chapters on neuropsychology, literacy, executive functions and related topics.