Persistent Innovation

Ana Luiza de França Sá has been a teacher in Basic Education in Brasília, Brazil, since 2011. She is currently working as a professor in teachers' training courses at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Brasília- IFB, Riacho Fundo campus, Brazil. She works as an assistant professor at the University of Development- UDD from Chile in the psychology undergraduate course, teaching the discipline “Human Agency at Schools”. She has a master's in education from the University of Brasília- UnB and a Doctorate degree in Developmental Psychology from the University of Bahia- UFBA, with an internship period from the University of Salerno-UNISA, Italy. Since 2020, she has drawn attention to human development through a decolonial lens, using cultural psychology theory as her primary source of reflection. She is an associate editor in the book series Cultural Psychology of Education (Springer) and for the journal Trends in Psychology, the Journal for the Brazilian Society of Psychology (Springer). She also serves on the editorial board of the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology at Ball State University (USA). Her most interesting topics include the history of psychology, epistemologies from the South, and educational innovation grounded in local changes toward global issues.