Monica is a Brazilian-American journalist with more that 30 years experience working in print media and television. She has worked for notable Brazilian newspapers (O Globo, Jornal do Brazil, Estado do Sao Paolo) and magazines (Isto E, Primeira Leitura) covering politics and economics both nationally and overseas. She has worked as a foreign correspondent in conflict zones in the former Yugoslavia, Soviet Union and the Middle East and has worked freelance, colaborating with the BBC, Portuguese newspaper Publico, news agency Lusa and Al Jazeera English. She is based in Buenos Aires.