Maria Vitória Araújo da Silva works as a Government Relations Consultant in the States and Municipalities team at BMJ in Recife. She holds a degree in International Relations from the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). Since 2022, she has been a research volunteer for the Jean Monnet Module of the Brazil-European Union Institute at the Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado (FECAP), focusing on “Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development.” In addition, she served as an extension columnist for Internacionalização Descentralizada em Foco (IDeF) and a content producer for the UnB 2030 Strategic Program from 2022 to 2023. Maria also volunteered on social actions to combat menstrual poverty with the NGO Deixa Fluir in João Pessoa (PB) and held positions as news editor and director of human resources at the organization Diário das Nações from 2020 to 2022.