Tamila Carvalho holds an M.A. in International Relations - Peace, Security and Development Studies from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC) and a B.A. in International Relations from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Her Master's thesis "Displacing the border: the 'Brazilian language' and the re/production of colonial difference" focuses on the production of contemporary colonial subjects in postcolonial contexts, with an emphasis on processes of raciolinguistic difference. Tamila Carvalho was the recipient of two awards based on her outstanding academic performance. The first was the Merit Board of the University of Coimbra, which includes the top 5 per cent students. The second was the Best Student Award by FEUC (2023), having ranked first in the master's programme. In 2012, she took part in an exchange program at Sciences-Po Aix-en-Provence (France) and attended classes in French. Previously, she volunteered as a researcher at the Observatory of Contemporary Politics and Economics and Human Rights Violations (OPEC-DH) of the UFRJ, carrying out research on human rights violations and migration studies (2010-2011). Her current research interests focus on Global South-North migration; peace, security and violence; gender and global humanitarianism/interventionism; language and ordinary processes of identity/difference; post/decolonial and feminist theories in IR. In addition to her academic career, Tamila has a successful track record in implementing Brazilian policies as a civil servant at the prestigious Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Her exceptional skills are evident as she was one of only 17 candidates out of 46,000 who qualified for the position of Technician of Geographical and Statistical Information in the state of Rio de Janeiro. As a civil servant, Tamila collected valuable data for national statistics through fieldwork in diverse social landscapes, including favelas, remote and residual rural areas, and high-class neighborhoods. She expertly supervised small teams of enumerators, trained and mentored new members, performed rigorous data quality assurance, and conducted surveys and georeferencing with precision.