Mary Kimiko Guimarães Murashima holds a PhD from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUC-RJ. She is now Director of Academic Management at Getulio Vargas Foundationand an Associate Professor at Rio de Janeiro State University - UERJ. She was Director of Educational Solutions, Deputy Director of the Distance Learning Program of Fundação Getulio Vargas - FGV Online and Academic Director of the Distance Learning Program of Whitney International University System. She also worked as Academic Production Manager, heading the areas of Production, Resources and Tutoring, Coordinator of Graduation Studies and Production and as Instructional Designer at FGV Online. She was also a member of the boards of preparation and correction of UERJ Entrance Examination in the areas of Language, Codes and their Technologies, as well as Instrumental Portuguese Language and Composition.Specialties: Her fields of work include mainly DE, Education, Portuguese Language, Latin Language and Literature, and Philosophy, areas in which she published several books and articles.