Roberta is a senior manager at GHS Rio office. She joined GHS after working as a Technical Consultant at the Science and Technology Department of the Brazil’s Ministry of Health, as a Prevention Programs Coordinator at the National Secretariat on Drug Policies of the Brazil’s Ministry of Justice, and as a Health and Development Program Assistant at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Before that, she worked as a Program Assistant at UN Women and as a Researcher at Fiocruz Brasilia. Over the years, she managed a number of research projects to improve the public health system in Brazil, and implemented development projects on HIV/AIDS, mental health, drug use prevention and care, and gender equality. Roberta holds a bachelor in International Relations from the Catholic University of Brasilia (UCB), and a post-graduation and an MSc in Bioethics from the University of Brasilia (UnB).