Michele Marques Pereira is a PhD candidate and holds a Master's degree in Communication Sciences from the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP). She is a specialist in Educommunication: Communication, Media, and Education from ECA/USP, and holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Universidade Anhembi Morumbi, Brasil.

Sierra creates and posts content on Media Education Lab’s Facebook and LinkedIn pages. She is a member of the MediaEd Club and MediaEd Practitioners Group. She earned her BA in Media Studies, with a minor in Journalism, from Purchase College. She is passionate about contributing to the advancement of media literacy education in the K-12 curriculum as a tool for empowering students to use digital tools and evaluate information.