Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS (1994), master’s degree (2002) and doctorate (2008), both from the Postgraduate Program in Civil Engineering at UFRGS. Post-Doctorate (2014-2015) at the University of Huddersfield/UK. Full Professor of the Department of Architecture and the Postgraduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning at UFRGS. She has experience in Urban and Regional Planning, working mainly on the following topics: management of the project process, management of client requirements, evaluation of social housing projects, management and development of urban projects, perception of value in the built environment, quality of urban life, methodological and epistemological foundations of research and serious games.