Carla Tavares has a teaching degree and a master's from the Federal University of Uberlandia. She holds a dual doctorate from the University of Campinas and the University of Franche-Comté. She is a professor at the Federal University of Uberlandia, where she works by combining teaching, research, and outreach on the teaching-learning of foreign languages and teacher education. Carla Tavares has special interests in identity, language and subjectivity, and subject-language relationships.