Nilzimar Vieira has a master’s degree in German Language Teaching from Indiana University (2009) and a master’s in Portuguese Literature from the same university (2012). She received her doctorate in Portuguese Literature and Latin and Caribbean Studies equally from Indiana University (2023). Her thesis is titled “Rewriting Black Experiences: Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Portuguese Female Voices in Contemporary Literature and Cinema.” She is a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. One of her recent courses is titled “Brazil and Beyond: Resistance through Art, Music, and Virtual Activism.” Her research projects include literary and cinematographic studies of the African diaspora in Brazil, Portugal, and Germany and research interest in German Literature in Brazil. She has translated the “Anthology Afrofuturism – The Future is Ours” from Portuguese into English. She has received several awards for her teaching and recently received the Schwab Academic Excellence Award from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, for her research development. She is currently working on translating poems in films from English to Portuguese from African diasporic authors.