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Fernanda is an associate researcher at the Institute of Advanced Studies at University of São Paulo (USP) and Education Project Coordinator at Senac São Paulo. She works with educational projects related to secondary education and technical/vocational training, as well as performing research, teaching short courses and other projects. As a highlight, she worked on the design, development and implementation of a proposal for technical secondary education at Senac SP. She wrote a book on life projects for technical high school students and coordinated teaching materials for high schools.

Ana Paula Pereira is the Executive Director of Instituto Sonho Grande (ISG), a non-profit organization with the mission of improving Brazilian K-12 public education. Ana has a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina and a Master’s in International Education Policy Analysis from Stanford University. Prior to ISG, she worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company for 5 years and as a project leader at the edtech Geekie.