Letícia Valandro holds a PhD in Literary and Cultural Studies from the University of Lisbon (2019) and is a Lecturer in Portuguese Language at the University of Verona, Italy. She holds a Master’s degree in Philology and Literary Criticism from the University of Trento, Italy (2015), funded by the Autonomous Province of Trento, and a Master’s degree in Literature from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2011), funded by CAPES. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Portuguese Language and Literatures of Portuguese Language, Italian Language and Italian Literature (2013), and a Bachelor’s degree in Portuguese and Portuguese Literature (2008) from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.

She has been teaching Portuguese Language in undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of Verona, Italy. Additionally, in Brazil, she worked in both school and university settings, teaching Portuguese Language and Literatures of Portuguese Language. Her academic and research experience is in the field of Literature, with a focus on the following areas: Portuguese language, Literatures of Portuguese Language, Guinea-Bissau, memory, identity, nation, postcolonialism, Italian language, and Italian literature.