Ingrid holds a degree in Portuguese/Spanish Languages from UFRGS. She has a specialist degree in Linguistics and Portuguese Language Teaching (FURG – Brazil); a master’s degree in Español como Lengua Extranjera from the Instituto Cervantes and the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP – Spain); and a master´s degree in Languages from UFRGS (Brazil). Currently, she is a teacher of Portuguese, Spanish, and Linguistics at the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). Her research focuses on reading and teaching of first and foreign language, from the perspective of French Discourse Analysis.