Patricia is a graduate student pursuing a PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM) Department of the University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa. Born in Brazil, she has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Pontifical University of Rio de Janeiro and an MSc and a PhD in Business Administration from the University of São Paulo. She is interested in sustainable supply chain management, including investigating perceptions and drivers of behavior of companies, consumers, and others. Her professional background integrates experience with graduate and executive education, business consulting, and marketing research. At UH Mānoa, she works as a Marketing lecturer at the Shidler School of Business. On the weekends, she enjoys paddling and hiking with her family.