Valdenice Minatel Melo

Ph.D. and M.A. in Education: Curriculum (research focus: New Technologies) from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC). MBA in the "Advanced Boardroom Program for Women - ABP-W" from Saint Paul Business School. She has completed professional development courses at Fundação Dom Cabral (Brazil), EADA Business School (Spain), University of Helsinki (Finland), Harvard, and Stanford (USA). Bachelor’s degree in Education from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Elementary School Teacher (early grades). She is currently Institutional and Technology Director at Colégio Dante Alighieri (SP) and has also served as General Educational Director at the same institution. Coordinator of the “Cientista Aprendiz” pre-research program and organizer of FeNaDante (Science and Technology Fair of the Nations). Editor of the pre-research journal InCiência. Member of the São Paulo State Board of Education (CEE) (2022–2025), the Board of the You.Up Institute (2024–2026), the ABEPAR Board (2025–2027), and CONSED-FIESP (2026).