Vitória Gabriela dos Santos Silva holds a B.A. in Early Childhood and Elementary Education with a Teaching License from Universidade Paulista, Brazil (2022). She has experience working in educational and multicultural settings, including at a bilingual school in Brazil and as an au pair in the United States. Her interests include language learning, multilingual education, intercultural communication, and inclusive teaching practices.

Vitória is currently pursuing graduate studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of New Mexico. Her academic interests focus on the connections between language, culture, and education in diverse cultural contexts.