Psychologist, specialist in clinical psychology, master's, doctorate and post-doctorate in health sciences. She was an affiliated professor at the Paulista School of Medicine - Federal University of São Paulo, a professor on the Psychology and Nutrition courses and an advisory professor on the Professional Master's Degree in Applied Health Sciences at UNIVÁS - Minas Gerais, Brazil. She is currently responsible for an annual module in the Specialization Course in Eating Disorders and Obesity at the University of Fortaleza - UNIFOR and CNPq researcher (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) in the Integrated Outpatient Program for Impulse Disorders at the Institute of Psychiatry of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo - USP, in Brazil.