Biography

PhD in Psychology from the Fluminente Federal University, Brazil (2015), with an internship at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Liège, under the supervision of Vinciane Despret. Has developed work in the area of cognitive psychology, with special interest in the enactivism and incarnated cognition and in the area of mental health, participating in a research/intervention project to increase the autonomy of psychiatric drugs users, in the decisions regarding their treatment and health (GAM - Autonomous Management of Medication). Her research interests are: enactivism approach, participative and collaborative research methodology, first person methodologies and, more recently, the migratory experience. Her current project is "Oficinas biográficas: uma investigação em primeira pessoa da experiência de migrar".