She has a Masters in Cinema-Documentary at Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV/Brazil) and has completed a post-doctoral at the University of Minho in Braga (Portugal) and Dalhousie University in Halifax (Canada). Currently, Renata is a professor at the Graduate Program at UNESP (São Paulo State University) and is also completing a post- doctorate in Social Communication/ Filmmaking at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG, Brazil), under the theme "Figurations of Sexual Violence”. Filmography: Words, partners within (director) and Thirteen by Vinícius Miguel da Costa.