PhD candidate in the Agribusiness and Development Graduate Programme at UNESP Tupã, with a sandwich doctorate at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal). Master's degree in Agribusiness and Development (critical line of Development) from UNESP Tupã. Graduate in Administration, with Academic Merit, from the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering/UNESP Tupã, and in Pedagogy from the Virtual University of the State of São Paulo (Univesp). Postgraduate in Strategic Management of Innovation and Science and Technology Policy (EaD) from the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT). Accounting Technician from the Paula Souza Centre/ETEC Tupã. Participated in an academic exchange programme at the University of Salamanca (Spain), with a course in Spanish for Business.

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