Joana holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and a master’s in Sustainable Development Practices from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). In the private sector, she acquired experience with stakeholder engagement, proposals, data collection, systematization and analysis, environmental reports and project management. Later, her experience was extended to computer modelling of environmental systems with a focus on microclimatology in rural areas. She currently works at International Institute for Sustainability (IIS) as a project and research assistant.