2026-08-142026-08-142026-07-15RIBEIRO, Carla Julyana Vale. A educação como caminho para a libertação: a história de uma mulher negra e analfabeta que acreditava no poder do saber. Orientadora: Roberta Alexandrina da Silva. 2026. 35 f. Trabalho de Curso (Licenciatura em Pedagogia) – Faculdade de Educação, Campus Universitário de Bragança, Universidade Federal do Pará, Bragança-PA, 2026. Disponível em: https://bdm.ufpa.br/handle/prefix/9940. Acesso em: .https://bdm.ufpa.br/handle/prefix/9940This study aims to present the trajectory of Vergelina do Rosário, a Black, (quilombola) Woman, and illiterate woman who, despite being deprived of access to formal education, recognized knowledge as an instrument of social transformation and dedicated her life to strengthening education and community development in the community of Alto Bonito and the Maroon community of Bela Aurora, in the municipality of Cachoeira do Piriá, Pará. The research adopts a qualitative, biographical approach, grounded in a literature review, historical documents, family records, and interviews with family members and local residents. The study engages with authors who discuss education, ethnic-racial relations, gender, and Maroon communities, highlighting the historical inequalities faced by Black women in Brazil. The results demonstrate that Vergelina played a significant role as a community leader, an advocate for schooling, a promoter of local culture, and an organizer of actions focused on collective well-being, leaving a legacy that transcends her lack of formal schooling. It concludes that her trajectory reaffirms education as a pathway to human emancipation, resistance, and the appreciation of ancestral wisdom, contributing to bringing visibility to the stories of Black women who are frequently silenced by official historiography.Acesso AbertoVergelina do RosárioMulher quilombolaEducação e resistênciaConhecimento ancestraisVergelina do RosárioQuilombola womanEducation and resistanceAncestral knowledgeCNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAOTrabalho de Curso - Graduação - MonografiaAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazil