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About the author:
Mayara Carvalho has earned her Ph.D. in Law from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil), with research in Community Restorative Justice. She is also a postdoctoral researcher in Restorative Justice at the Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro's Postgraduate Program in Law (Brazil). She is one of co-founders of the Instituto Pazes. She's a teacher and former coordinator of the PUC Minas Restorative Justice specialization, and a teacher at the Universidade Estácio de Sá's Postgraduate Program (Brazil). She is a teacher, researcher, and facilitator of restorative and nonviolent communication practices. She also is an evaluator in several legal and human sciences journals.