Mariana De Franca Steil is an Educational Psychology Ph.D. student in the Urban Education program at USC Rossier School of Education. She earned her BA in Pedagogy from the Federal University of Paraná, in Brazil, where she worked as a preschool and elementary teacher. Steil is interested in student-teacher relationships in classroom contexts considering their neuropsychological, emotional, and cultural complexities. She has also participated in research with South Brazilian native populations and is interested in reinforcing Indigenous visibility.