Luciana Maciel Bizzotto

Luciana Maciel Bizzotto holds a bachelor's degree in Economics (Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), 2012), a master's degree in Architecture and Urbanism (UFMG, 2015) and a doctorate in Education: Knowledge and Social Inclusion (UFMG, 2022). She is also a member of the Center for Studies and Research in Childhood and Early Childhood Education (NEPEI), at the School of Education at UFMG, and a member of the Coletivo Geral Infâncias. She has experience with research, teaching, and extension at UFMG and develops professional activities in the fields of childhood studies and urban planning. Currently, she works in projects about children's participation in the construction of public policies and the challenges faced by urban young people in situations of socio-environmental vulnerability in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.