She graduated in telecommunications engineering at PUC-Rio. A large part of her professional life has been dedicated to deploying television distribution systems, initially analog, and later digital – terrestrial broadcasting stations as well as radio, satellite and fiber optics based contribution and distribution systems. Also, for many years, she was in charge of engineering support for broadcasters affiliated to TV Globo. She has always been interested in promoting new technologies, leading studies and tests for the introduction of digital television in Brazil between 1994 and 2006, and demonstrations and tests of UHDTV in more recent years. She represents SET at the IBC Council.