She got her doctoral degree (passed with distinction) in Pharmacy from Karl-Franzens-Universitaet Graz (2011), Austria. Since February 2011 she has been a Postdoc at the Department of Neuroscience of Uppsala University, Sweden. In 2014 she received a BJT (BOLSISTA ATRAÇÃO DE JOVENS TALENTOS) to work at the Brain Institute - Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) Natal (Brazil) for three years with Prof. Richardson Naves Leão.