Olá.I am a Brazilian researcher and consultant in public policies, affirmative action, and institutional changes. I received a Ph.D. in Political Science at the Institute for Social and Political Studies – IESP of the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) in 2019. In April 2020, my doctoral dissertation won the Best Dissertation in Political Science award at the "IESP-UERJ Best Dissertation Contest." Recently, I published my dissertation as a book. I also hold a Master's degree in Public Law (2014) and a BA in Law (2010), both from the University of São Paulo (USP). In 2023, I worked as Director of Affirmative Action Policies at Brazil's Ministry of Racial Equality. I was responsible for developing fundamental public policies to promote racial equity in the Brazilian public service and education. I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning – CEBRAP(2019 and 2022) and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Sociology Department of the University of São Paulo – USP (2022-2023).Regarding my experiences abroad, I was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University (2017) and a visiting postdoctoral researcher at the Observatoire sociologique du changement (OSC) at Sciences Po Paris (2022).I received funding for my research through the Diversity and Inclusion Grant for Early Career Scholars from the American Political Science Association (APSA), the Small Research Grants Program from the Brazilian Political Science Association (ABCP), the Instituto Ibirapitanda and the Instituto Serrapilheira. I am a Harvard Alumni Club of Brazil (HACB) board member (2020-2023 and 2024-2027). I also coordinate the Observatory of Affirmative Action in Graduate Studies (obaap) based at CEBRAP. Finally, I am the founder of a consultancy company named Pluraliza, whose objective is to develop diversity and inclusion projects for companies, governments, and NGOs, including the diagnosis of issues through collecting quantitative and qualitative data and the recommendations of policies. We also make workshops on the benefits of diversity, unconscious biases, and stereotypes. Our main clients include Alana, Conectas, Fundação Lemann, Prefeitura de São Paulo, GIZ, DataPrivacy, Vetor Brasil, Mattos Filho Advogados, Pinheiro Neto Advogados, among others. http://annaventurini.com.br/http://obaap.com.br