Lucia Willadino Braga is a neuroscientist, author, researcher, and clinician experienced in working with children, adolescents, and adults with brain injury. Her focus has been on long-term quality of life and context-sensitive ecological rehabilitation, having pioneered programs such as the Family Training Methodology and the MetaCognitive Dimension Programs. Her research uses neuroimaging to explore the impact of neurorehabilitation on neuronal plasticity. She is President of the SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, a 9-hospital system with over 1,000 beds. Her awards include a docteur honoris causa from Reims University, the National Order of Scientific Merit bestowed by the president of Brazil, and the Distinguished Career Award from INS. She is on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Psychiatry Department and is engaged in neuroscientific research, often collaborating with European and American institutions.