Joyce Fernandes is a PhD student in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University. She was a Visiting Lecturer teaching Portuguese as a Foreign Language and Portuguese Literature at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has an MA in Comparative Literature at UNIOESTE (Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná - 2014), a graduate certificate in English at UDC (União Dinâmica de Faculdades Cataratas - 2011) and a major in Portuguese and English language and literature at UNIOESTE (Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná - 2006). Fields of experience include teaching English and Portuguese as foreign languages to all ages and levels, teaching Portuguese literature, teacher training and pedagogical coordination.