Juliane is an activist, educator, and economist. She holds a master’s degree and doctorate in economic development from the State University of Campinas and was a researcher at the Oil Workers’ Union, an educator at the trade union school of United Workers’ Central, a chief economist at the Institute for the Reform of State-Business Relations, and served as a special advisor to the presidency of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development. Currently she is a professor at the Faculty of Economics of the Federal Fluminense University in Rio de Janeiro. She is the author of the books Imperialismo: uma introdução econômica (Imperialism: An Economic Introduction) and Economia para a transformação social: pequeno manual para mudar o mundo (Economics for Social Transformation: A Short Manual to Change the World).