She has a degree in Human Medicine from the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (Brazil). She did her Medical Residency in Hematology and Hemotherapy at the Paulista State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)-Brazil, where she also obtained a Masters and Doctors degree in Clinical Pathophysiology. Specialization in Flow Cytometry at Salamanca University (Spain). Since 1992, she has been coordinating clinical flow cytometry laboratories, initially at the Blood Center at UNESP and, since 2003, at the Bone Marrow Transplant Center at the Hospital Amaral Carvalho -Brazil. She is a founding member of the Brazilian Group of Flow Cytometry of which she was executive coordinator for 2 terms. She is the coordinator of the MRD Group of the Brazilian Society of Cell Therapy and Bone Marrow Transplant, of which she was also one of the founders in 2012.