She holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering (1984) and a master’s degree in Civil Engineering (1991) from the Federal University of Paraíba and a doctorate in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Viçosa (1998). She is currently Full Professor at the Federal University of Campina Grande-UFCG/PB. He has experience in the area of Irrigation and Drainage, with emphasis on Technology and Sanitary Problems of Irrigation, acting mainly in the following topics: water reuse; solute movement; irrigation efficiency; irrigated crops; drainage of agricultural land; physical-water properties of the soil and environmental impacts.