Lucia Mury Scalco did her PhD in Social Anthropology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). She is the coordinator the division of Policies for Family, Gender and Generation at the Center of International Studies on Government (CEGOV/UFRGS). She is also the president of the NGO Coletivo Autônomo do Morro da Cruz, planning and coordinating educational projects in an impoverished area in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil.