I am graduated in Medicine from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (1992), a master's degree in Medical Sciences: Pediatrics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2000), and a doctorate in Medical Sciences: Pediatrics from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2007). Currently, she is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine of UFRGS and a pediatric hematologist, Head of the Pediatric Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and the Pediatric Oncology Service at the Hospital Moinhos de Vento. She is a specialist in Pediatrics, Hematology, and Hemotherapy with a focus on Bone Marrow Transplantation. She has experience in the field of Medicine, with an emphasis on Pediatric Hematology, primarily working on the following topics: adoptive cellular immunotherapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and acute leukemias.