About

I am from Brazil, currently living in Wageningen, the Netherlands. I started my PhD at Wageningen University in 2021, after completing an MSc in tourism management and a BSc in leisure and tourism.

My PhD aims to explore and map tourism diversification in the Antarctic, particularly considering the magnitude of integration of less tangible concepts of the ATS fundamental principles and values in the development of new, novel, or particularly concerning activities, as part of an NWO project funded by the Netherlands Polar Programme.

For the last nine years, I've been working, researching, and studying sustainability, social impact, human rights, gender equality, and environmental restoration - from working with refugees in the Balkans to developing a sustainability strategy and auditing youth hostels in Norway, from academic research on gender equality in Portugal to becoming the manager of construction of 60 houses for people in informal settlements in Brazil. So far, I've traveled to more than 50 countries, studying, working, volunteering and visiting different places.

I am the daughter of a Syrian immigrant and great-granddaughter of Ukrainian immigrants.