Olá! I’m a Ph.D. graduate from the Computing and Information Sciences Program at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and a former Fulbright fellow. My doctoral research, co-advised by Matt Huenerfauth and Roshan Peiris, focused on speech accessibility and captioning technology. I was also a member of the Center for Accessibility and Inclusion Research Lab (CAIR). My dissertation, Improving the Accessibility of Speech for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals Through Affective Captions, is available through the RIT Digital Institutional Repository.
I previously earned a master’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Campinas, where I worked with Paula Costa on speech-modulated typography. My thesis is available here.
I am also a co-founder of Preface, a design studio from Campinas, Brazil. Since 2007, we have worked with clients from many sectors, with a particular focus on educational projects. For my work as a designer there, I have won some awards.