A journalist graduated from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Maria Alice won the SET Universitário contest with the audiovisual “Um Jeito Legal de Viver” in 1995. The same audiovisual won the audiovisual award at the International Human Sexuality Meeting held in São Paulo. In Japan in 1996, she specialized in Broadcasting for one year. She also completed her Master’s degree in 2002 in Production Engineering, with a thesis on Multimedia Narrative using virtual reality. Maria Alice has held teaching positions at various institutions including FURB, ESAG Foundation (Unica), IES (Higher Institute of Education of Greater Florianópolis).