Enfermeira, mestre (2006) e doutora em enfermagem (2015) pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2003). Atualmente é docente da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, junto à escola de Enfermagem, Departamento de Assistência e Orientação Profissional, Área de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva. O campo de práticas e pesquisas de maior aderência é o da Saúde Coletiva e os temas mais abordados são: Promoção e Educação em Saúde, Vulnerabilidades em Saúde, Tuberculose, Abordagens em Saúde baseadas em Direitos Humanos e Práticas de Enfermagem na Atenção Primária à Saúde.
Graduated in Nursing from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2003). She holds a master's degree (CNPq scholarship) and a doctorate (CAPES scholarship) in Nursing from the Graduate Nursing Program at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS. He has experience in teaching, research and extension activities developed at a Higher Education Institution (Centro Universitário Metodista IPA and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul). He coordinated the University Extension Project (2010-2012) and the Specialization Course in Public Health (2009-2011) at the Centro Universitário Metodista IPA. Between 2015 and 2018, he received a scholarship from the National Postdoctoral Program (PNPD / Capes), working with teaching and research at the UFRGS School of Nursing. More recently, she was a substitute professor (undergraduate in Nursing) in the field of Nursing in Public Health and a collaborating professor in the Graduate Program in Nursing Stricto Sensu UFRGS Master and Doctorate and co-supervisor of the Master (2017-2018). Currently, she works as a researcher linked to the Health Promotion Studies Group (School of Nursing / UFRGS) and as a postdoctoral fellow (School of Nursing UFRGS) developing activities for the project: Patient Safety in Primary Health Care in Porto Alegre . The field of practices and research with the highest adherence is that of Collective Health and the most discussed topics are: Health Promotion and Education, Vulnerability, Tuberculosis, Health Approaches based on Human Rights and Nursing Practices in Primary Health Care.