Graduated in Geology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1981) and Ph.D. from the same University (2010). Since May 2011, she has been a professor at the Institute of Geosciences / Department of Geology at UFRJ, teaching General Geology for the Bachelor of Mathematical and Earth Sciences-BCMT and Geoconservation for the Geology and BCMT Course. She is professor of the Postgraduate Program in Geology at the Department of Geology-UFRJ and the Postgraduate Program in Geosciences: Geopaleontological Heritage at UFRJ / Museu Nacional. She has experience in Environmental Geology, Hydrogeology, Geoconservation and Science Popularization. For 29 years, she worked at the Geological Service of the State of Rio de Janeiro - DRM-RJ, where she coordinated the Geological Paths Project from its inauguration in 2001 to 2011. She is part of the coordination of the Darwin Paths Project and the management group of Costões e Lagunas Aspiring Geopark. In 2014, she received the Monteiro Lobato Award from the Brazilian Society of Geology for his work for the Popularization of Geology.