Lawyer graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She held a master’s degree in international relations and human rights at Sciences Po, in Paris, where she specialized in freedom of expression, journalism and Latin America. She was a member of the electoral department of the Organization of American States for four years, where she coordinated electoral cooperation projects and observation missions in the Americas, fulfilling different roles. She also worked as a researcher at Latinno, an initiative that maps democratic innovation in Latin America, hosted by the WZB social science research center in Berlin. Within her main interests are the intersections between art, technology and democratic participation.