Graduated in Social Communication from the University of Brasília in 1990, she did a postgraduate degree in Political Science at the University of Pisa (Italy) in 1993. Eliane worked for the magazines IstoÉ, Época, Marie Claire, IstoÉ Gente and Revista da Folha. She is currently the editor of the Social Entrepreneur Award, a partnership between Folha de S.Paulo and the Schwab Foundation, and also the head of the ‘Rede Social’ column. In 2002, she won the Ayrton Senna Journalism award with the report ‘What they will be when they grow up’. In 2005, she released the book-report ‘As Meninas da Esquina’ (Ed. Record), which brought together the diaries of six girls who were victims of sexual exploitation in Brazil. The book inspired the movie ‘Sonho Roubados’ (09), with the actress Nanda Costa and directed by Sandra Werneck.
