Sociologist, Master’s degree in Political Science. She is currently president of the Brazilian Association for Educational Evaluation (ABAVE). She previously served as president of INEP and the National Education Council (CNE), Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Education, and State Secretary of Education for São Paulo. She chaired the BNCC Steering Committee; led the restructuring of INEP in the 1990s, the overhaul of the SAEB, the rollout of the ENEM and PISA in Brazil, and the implementation of the National System of Educational Statistics. She is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Education and the São Paulo Academy of Education. She is involved with the Movimento pela Base and Todos pela Educação. She is a member of the Advisory Council of the Organization of Ibero-American States and the PISA Ambassador for Schools in Brazil.