Graduated in Psychology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), specialist in Social Psychology and Health Psychology (CFP), Master in Social and Institutional Psychology (PPGPSI / UFRGS), PhD in Psychology (PPGPSICO / UFRGS) and postdoctoral internship at PPGPSICO / UFRGS. Currently is a Social Psychology Professor of the Graduate Program in Psychology and the Graduate Program in Social Sciences of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) and coordinator of the Prejudice, Vulnerability and Psychosocial Processes Research Group.