I am a Postdoctoral fellow at Nupens/USP and my current research seeks to investigate children’s dietary intakes and patterns, and to determine the association between ultra-processed foods consumption, dietary quality and obesity indicators. Certified as Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration in the US, I worked as a Registered Dietitian & Senior Research Associate for the divisions of Pediatric Clinical Research and Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology at University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. I earned my Masters’ degree at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Clinical Nutrition at Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos Universidad de Chile (INTA-Uchile). My doctoral degree in Science was completed at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP).