She holds a Ph.D. in education and is a professor in the School of Education at Unicamp. Her research focuses on the quality of social interaction and the school climate, conflicts and violence in educational institutions, moral and social-emotional development, and relationships among students, teachers, and families. She is the coordinator of the “Ethics, Diversity, and Democracy in Public Schools” Study Group at Unicamp’s Institute of Advanced Studies and associate coordinator of the “Study and Research Group on Moral Education” (GEPEM) at Unesp/Unicamp. She is the author of numerous books and articles.