I earned my bachelor's degree in Biologic Sciences from the University of São Paulo, São Paulo (USP) in 2015. While at USP, I carried out an honors project developing microsatellite markers and investigating the population genetics of an endangered Bromeliad species from the Caatinga (Orthophytum ophiuroides). Throughout undergad, I also worked on projects with Hillary Young's lab studying effects of the erradication of an invasive rat species on a tropical atoll and cascading impacts of defaunation in California oak woodlands. In my final year at UCSB, I acted as field team coordinator for an undergrad led project about seed dispersal of oak species on California's Santa Cruz Island. Following graduation, I worked as a field technician conducting population studies of Island Scrub-jays (Aphelocoma insularis) and Western Yellow-billed Cuckoos (Coccyzus americanus), as well as developed a citizen science project at IPBio's Reserva Betary.  I entered the graduate program as Master's student in Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity at São Paulo State University, Rio Claro in 2021. I plan on expanding my current project to continue to investigate similar themes in my PhD work with PI Marina Corrêa Côrtes.