Thais Monteiro is an Engineer. She worked as a volunteer at the NGO “Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa” (YALDA US) and founded the Investment League of Macaé. She participated in the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program (BSMP) while studying Engineering at UFRJ, and because of this program she studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology and at the University of New Orleans. Currently, she is pursuing an MBA at FGV. She likes the sea, the sunrise, and the sunset.