Julia is a lawyer qualified in Brazil, an international legal consultant and researcher. Since 2015, Julia has been conducting legal research and working abroad on sustainable development legal issues and international law. Julia’s research focuses on international fisheries law and the influence of environmental and human rights-based approaches on fisheries management and conservation, with a particular interest in small-scale fisheries.

Julia has an LLM in Global Environment and Climate Change Law from the University of Edinburgh and an LLB with additional domain in International Politics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

As an international legal consultant for the FAO's Development Law Service, Julia is involved in projects related to the implementation of (i) the  ecosystem approach to fisheries, (ii) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) through national fisheries legal frameworks, (iii) the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, and (iv) sustainable aquaculture legal frameworks.

Julia is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-RJ) since 2014.

Julia speaks Portuguese, reads French, Spanish and Italian.