In addition to being a lawyer, Cecília is also a researcher at the Research Center for Business Crimes and Compliance (CPJM-Uerj) and ad hoc researcher at the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC-AN), an organization composed of more than 30 countries, working to promote human rights in the online environment. She is also a professor at the Lato Sensu Graduate Program in Law at Uerj and guest professor and lecturer at several other academic and professional institutions, such as ESA-OAB/RJ, MPF, Emerj, and the GRC World Forum. She is certified in Compliance by the SCCE (CCEP-I) and has authored book chapters and articles on data protection, Compliance, and corporate malpractice.