Ana Paula Barros haifaffen Ba'amurke ce injiniyan farar hula da muhalli a halin yanzu Donald Biggar Willett Shugaban Injiniya kuma Shugaban Sashen Injiniyan Jama'a da Muhalli a Jami'ar Illinois a Urbana-Champaign kuma Zaɓaɓɓen Abokin Ƙungiyar Amirka don Ci Gaban Ci Gaba Kimiyya da Zaɓaɓɓen Abokin Ƙwararrun na Amirka. A cikin 2019 an zabe ta zuwa Kwalejin Injiniya ta Kasa don "gudumawa don fahimta da hasashen yanayin hazo da hadurran ambaliya a cikin tsaunuka". Kafin shiga Jami'ar Illinois, Farfesa Barros ita ce James L. Meriam Farfesa na Injiniya da Muhalli a Jami'ar Duke. Ta samu difloma a fannin injiniyan jama'a a Jami'ar Porto a shekarar 1985 sannan ta samu digiri na biyu a fannin injiniyan teku a shekarar 1988 sannan ta samu M.Sc a fannin injiniyan muhalli a Makarantar Kimiyya da Injiniya ta OGI a shekarar 1990 sannan ta yi Ph.D. a Civil and Environmental Engineering a Jami'ar Washington a 1993. Abubuwan da take so su ne ilimin ruwa da hazo kamar tasirin ruwan sama a kan tsaunuka da ƙasa.