Acted as Policy Research Officer to the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition Secretariat, located at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2015-2018). Previously worked with the Brazilian School Feeding Programme being responsible for the development and management of nutrition projects which were created in partnership with the National Fund for Development of Education (FNDE). Currently acts as an Independent Consultant on the topics of food and nutrition security and sustainable food systems. Holds a BSc in Nutrition Science and an MSc in Public Health Nutrition from the Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ph.D. candidate in Global Health and Sustainability at the School of Public Health, University of São Paulo (USP), under the guidance of Prof. Carlos Monteiro. Her doctoral thesis aims to investigate the impact of Brazilian diets on biodiversity. This study is part of the Climate and Land Use Alliance project “Environmental impact of the Brazilian diet: problems and solutions regarding meat consumption”.
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