Outreach
To bridge the gap between practitioners and academia, I frequently contribute to technical communities, media outlets and educational projects.
Community Leadership
BRAVAS in Tech (Since 2025)
I am proud to serve as a Board Member and Community Manager at BRAVAS in Tech, a group that supports and empowers women in technology across Brazil and beyond.
Science Communication
I actively produce content to bridge the gap between scientific research and software practitioners. I am a recurring author at DEV, a large developer’s community.
Educational Projects
Applied Informatics 2017 – 2019
Coordinated a students team which developed an Android app using no code tools to teach human anatomy in health classes. Project Link: labmorfoquiz.github.io
Related Publications: - RENOTE: LabMorfoQuiz: a Gamified Application as a Learning Resource in Higher Education Health Courses - SBIE’20: Teaching computer science applied to health using App Inventor - Rev. Saúde Digital: Survey and evaluation of apps on anxiety and depression - RENOTE: Informatics applied to health education
Aging, Technology, and Health
2017 – 2018
I coordinated a multidisciplinary project to empower older adults through technology and health classes. * In this project, we developed and assessed an Android app to assist older adults in learning mobile technology for communication, entertainment, and health habits.
Publication: * Aging, Technology and Health — A Multidisciplinary Experience to Promote Healthy Aging
Workshops & Training
Since 2011
I have been conducting educational workshops focusing on technical skills and inclusion in Computer Science. * Topics: Java programming, R for data science, Cybersecurity, LaTeX, and tools for remote education. * Focus: Promoting the inclusion of underrepresented groups in CS.
Selected Talks
Empathy in the AI Era University of Setúbal 2025 — Setúbal, Portugal.
Empathy and its effects on software practitioners’ well-being and mental health SBES 2024 — Journal First, Curitiba, Brazil.
Exploring Empathy in Software Engineering Based on the Practitioners’ Perspective FSE 2024 — Doctoral Symposium, Porto de Galinhas, Brazil.
Software Engineers Engagement and Job Satisfaction: A Survey with Practitioners Working Remotely in a Public Organization ICEIS 2024 — Research Track, Angers, France.
The who, what, and how of the current research at the Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering SBES 2022 — Research Track, Uberlândia, Brazil