Valeria Etgeton de Siqueira graduated with a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Cuiabá in 2007. She went on to do additional training and specialized in constitutional rights at the Brazilian Institute of Teaching, Training and Research in Brasilia. Over the last 14 years, she has held positions as an Assistant Federal Prosecutor, an Assistant Federal Judge, a Federal Attorney, a Federal Judge, and a Federal Prosecutor. Today she acts as the Criminal Coordinator of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in the state of Mato Grosso. She participates in the GLUE research group as an Honorary Fellow, with a special focus on issues related to modern slave labor.