Geise Kelly Teixeira da Silva holds a PhD in Literary, Cultural and Inter-artistic Studies from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, with a thesis entitled "Poesia épica feminina em Portugal: os Memoriais de Soror Maria de Mesquita Pimentel (século XVII)" [Womens epic poetry in Portugal: the Memorials by Sister Maria de Mesquita Pimentel" (17th century)]. She obtained a Master's degree in Language Studies (Comparative Literature) from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil). Currently, she is an invited assistant professor of Literature and Culture at the School of Higher Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança. She is also a researcher at the Transdisciplinary Research Centre "Culture, Space and Memory" (CITCEM), where she is dedicated to the study of feminine literature from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Her areas of interest include Portuguese Literature, Comparative Literature, Female poetry from the Baroque period, and Cultural Studies. Geise has authored articles published in national and international academic journals and contributed to book chapters. She has also collaborated in the transcription, annotation and study of 17th-century manuscripts written by women and presented her work at several national and international conferences in Brazil, Italy and Portugal.