Pinheiro da Silva received a PhD in Social Anthropology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in 2012, after receiving a Master's in Sociology from the Federal University of Goiás in 2001 and graduating in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Goiás in 1995. Pinheiro da Silva is currently an Associate Professor I, at the Federal University of Tocantins, working on the Nutrition course and in the Postgraduate Program in Regional Development. They developed research on regional identity, international immigration and, currently, they supervise and carry out research and extension work (undergraduate, master's and doctoral) related to the themes: public policies and indigenous peoples of Tocantins, indigenous health and food security, ethnodevelopment and decolonial approaches among indigenous peoples, knowledge and practices of the masters of traditional knowledge of Tocantins, gender inequalities, and decolonial approaches.