Ane Costa has an Undergraduate and a Master’s degree in English language and Literature by UFMG (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais). She is currently a PhD Candidate at Purdue University. For her Master’s degree, she focused on Black women literature and how works such as Toni Morrison Sula defy stereotypes long imposed on Black women in the United States, such as the matriarch image. For her PHD, she is focusing on postcolonial works written by Black women, which deal with the theme of immigration.