Adriana has a BSc. in Biological Sciences and a MSc. degree in Ecology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). She attended part of her graduate course at the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) where she was an intern at the ARC Center of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, studying threatened species of Australia. She has experience in the areas of Environmental Education, Soil Science and Ecological Restoration. She is currently a PhD student in Ecology at the Graduate Program at UFRJ and a high school teacher of Science/Biology in Rio de Janeiro.