Education policy

Deborah received her BA in Government from Smith College in 2009. Her first job as a mentor for at-risk youth in Cambridge, MA set the tone for her career path. Upon returning to Brazil she worked in Niteroi, RJ, establishing partnerships between local NGOs and a British voluntourism organization. In 2013, Deborah decided to explore her interest in international education and joined EducationUSA as an educational adviser.

Rebecca Tarlau is a Postdoctoral Scholar in Education at Stanford University, affiliated with the Lemann Center for Educational Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Brazil. Her ethnographic research agenda has three broad areas of focus: (1) Theories of the state and state-society relations; (2) Social movements, critical pedagogy, and learning; (3) Latin American education and development. Her most recent project examines the educational initiatives of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST), a national social movement of rural workers struggling for agrarian reform.

I am currently a PhD student at Kobe University, in Japan. I am also an individual consultant for education policy related projects. I have masters degrees on International Comparative Education from Stanford University and Computer Science from University of Sao Paulo, and a bachelor degree in automation engineering from State University of Campinas. I have worked for the Ministry of Education in Brazil, Movimento pela Base, Instituto Natura, Insper, Fatec, Instituto Federal de Sao Paulo and software companies.