I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Management Center of the Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE, Academic Campus of Agreste - CAA and the Graduate Program in Economics (PPGECON). Post-doctorate in the Department of Economics of FEA/USP. 

My main research interests are in Urban Economics, Regional Sciences, Health Economics, Regional and Social Inequality and Economic Development, with emphasis on public policy evaluations and urban interventions in large and medium-sized urban centers.

Associate Researcher at the Center for Regional and Urban Economics - NERU of UFPE and Center for Regional and Urban Economics of USP - NEREUS.