I am from Sao Paulo, Brazil and I hold a master and PhD degree in Computer Science but a bachelor degree in Computer Engineering. I did part of my PhD in Paris at the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) and in 2013 I was an intern at Google for 6 months. I also hold a postgraduate degree in Higher Education Teaching and I had worked as an Adjunct Professor at Fluminense Federal University (UFF) for 4 years. Now I am an Instructor at University of British Columbia and my recent research interests include Computing & Education, Women in Computing and Open Source. I have two dogs: Puppy (although she is 9 now) and Milly (she is 11). They were both rescued from Brazilian streets and travelled a long way to be with me in Canada. They love the cold weather and are sleeping a lot these days. On my free time I like to play board games (Mysterium, Dixit, Puerto Rico, 7 Wonders, Forbidden Desert, and the list goes on) or just binge watch TV shows for so long that Netflix has to check if I am still alive. I am a 90s girl, so I love Buffy, Angel, Spice Girls and Metallica. I also spent more that I should on PS4 sales and have tons of games yet to be played (and I am always open to recommendations)!