Stela Barbieri was born in Araraquara (countryside of the State of São Paulo) in 1965.

She is educator and head director of “Ação Educativa” (Educational Action) Project at Tomie Ohtake Institute. There, she also organizes teachers training and formation courses, coordinates visitors and public relation services and develops educational and supporting folders for Tomie Ohtake Institute’s exhibitions, not to mention several courses about the multiple universes of Art, for people in general. She has been working as an educator for Vera Cruz, one of the most important private schools in São Paulo, since 1988, and for Escola Castanheiras.

From 2000 to 2005, she took part in “Escola que Vale” (The Real School) Project, coordinated by CEDAC (Community Education and Documentation Center). There, Stela developed especial classes for improving the teaching of Art in public schools, in different parts of Brazil.

Since 1994, she has been professionally advising “Escola no Cinema” (School at the Cinema) Project, on Art Education and Literature, at Unibanco Cinema Center (a cultural space and movie theater owned by Brazilian Bank Unibanco).