Talita Nascimento holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of São Paulo (USP) and a Master's degree in education from Teachers College, focusing on International Education and Development. Throughout her career, she has served in the investment bank investment bank BTG Pactual, in the Ministry of Education (MEC) and spent three months at the United Nations (UN) in a project focused on gender equality at the Youth Forum on the Status of Women. Currently, Talita is part of the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Educational Policies (CEIPE) of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), a great partner of Columbia Global Centers | Rio de Janeiro.