[1] Biroli was born in 1975 in the city of São José do Rio Preto.

She has a doctorate in history from Unicamp and she became a professor of political science at the University of Brasília in 2005.

[2] Biroli has been heavily involved in political science organizations in Brazil.

She has been a coordinator of the Gender, Democracy, and Public Policy section of the Brazilian Political Science Association, as well as a member of the board of directors of Brazil's National Association of Graduate Studies and Research in Social Sciences.

[3][4][5] Biroli also manages the Research on Democracy and Inequality Group at the University of Brasília, led by fellow political scientist Luis Felipe Miguel.