Maria Auxiliadora Teixeira graduated in Administration from Anhanguera Educacional (2008) and specialized in Financial Economics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (2010). She is part of the administrative team of CEPETRO – Center for Petroleum Studies at UNICAMP, where she has served as Supervisor of the Contracts and Agreements Management Department since 2003. She has been part of the administrative staff at UNICAMP since 1986, having worked in various units of the university.