Tubman Talks with Tamires Torres da Purificação

Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025

Time: 2:30 - 4:00 PM EST

Location: Tubman Resource Room (314 York Lanes, 3rd Floor), York University

Research on Financial Literacy from a racialized and problematized perspective in Brazil

What is understood by financial education? Who benefits from it? And why has this topic become increasingly relevant in recent years? Which social markers intersect with this theme? Are there alternative forms of financial organization in contexts considered informal, which could serve as inspiration for thinking about financial education from a racialized and problematized perspective?
These questions guide the discussion in this study. For instance, race and gender are social markers that, in an intersectional way, reveal economic inequality in Brazil. Therefore, it is necessary to discuss financial education from this perspective to foster reflections that enable a more critical approach to the field. This includes considering financial education both as a scientific research area and as a topic within mathematics education, given its transversal presence in Brazilian educational legislation, which allows teachers to address it in schools, particularly those teaching mathematics.

Tamires Torres da Purificação is a Ph.D. candidate in Mathematics and Physics Education and History at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics Education from the Federal University of Bahia and a Master’s degree in Mathematics Education from UFRJ. In 2025, she joined York University (Toronto, Canada) as an International Visiting Researcher Trainee, under the supervision of  Dr. Molade Osibodu from Faculty of Education, supported by the PDSE/CAPES Program. Her work focuses on Mathematics Education, Financial Education, Critical Mathematics Education, and the visibility of Black women in Science and Technology.