Thaise Constancio Temoteo is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She completed her Master's in Development Practice at the University of Minnesota and received her bachelor's degree in Social Communications/Journalism at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), in Brazil. After working in the energy industry in Brazil, she pursued her master's and focused her studies on the social aspects of climate related issues in her country and the Global South. At the Humphrey School of Public Policy, Thaise acts as a Graduate Research Assistant, conducting qualitative data analysis on the social and health impacts of displacement due to the Belo Monte dam on women and children. She will continue her doctoral studies at the Humphrey School, focusing on energy justice in the Global South and the social impacts of energy policies in Brazil. Thaise and her colleagues received the Best Paper Award at the 2024 International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) on the theme “3C Interlinkages and challenges of energy poverty mitigation and energy transitions” about the findings from the Summer Field Experience in Liberia, in June and July 2024.