Adilza Condessa Dode graduated in electrical industrial engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC-MG) (1987); did a post-grad in occupational safety engineering at PUC-MG (1990); graduated from teacher training from the Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (1993); did a master's degree in sanitation, environment, and water resources from the School of Engineering of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) (2003)—dissertation: "Environmental Pollution and Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields"; and did a PhD in sanitation, environment, and water resources at the School of Engineering of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) (2010)—Thesis: "Neoplasms and Cellular Telephony in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais". She worked as an engineer at the Belo Horizonte City Hall (MG) and studied her postdoctorate in sanitation, environment, and water resources at the School of Engineering of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) (2012–2019). She is a professor of undergraduate courses in environmental, civil, and production engineering at the Centro Universitário Metodista de Minas—Izabela Hendrix—Belo Horizonte (MG); she is an invited professor of postgraduate courses at the following institutions: Lucas Machado Educational Foundation (Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais); Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte (MG); and São Camilo College.