Born in Santo Estevão, in the interior of Bahia, Bárbara Gomes is an energy engineer graduated from UFRB and works as an engagement and climate justice analyst at The Climate Reality Project Brazil. Her areas of interest are climate justice and energy justice, with a focus on gender and intersectionality. She has experience in the areas of mobilization, engagement, advocacy, monitoring, and impact of socio-environmental projects. She has an MBA in project management from USP/Esalq and is currently a master's student in the postgraduate program in energy and society at the Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca - CEFET - RJ.