Graduated in History from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), master's degree in History from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and PhD in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio), in the field of Human Rights. Sandwich doctorate carried out in the Department of History at Georgetown University. He was part of the Identification Team for Political Dead and Missing Persons, created by the Special Commission on Political Dead and Missing Persons (Law No. 9,140/95) and coordinated the CEMDP research team in the State of Rio de Janeiro. She worked as a volunteer researcher at the Petrópolis Municipal Truth Commission. He completed post-doctoral internships at the UFRJ Science and Culture Forum and the Graduate Institute/Institute de Hautes Études Internationales (IHEID).