Luana Loreana holds a degree in Visual Arts from the University of São Paulo (ECA–USP) and is currently a postgraduate student in Museology, Culture, and Education at PUC-SP, where she conducts research on policies of restitution, return, and repatriation of Brazilian cultural heritage, critically articulating these practices within the field of the right to memory.

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Her academic trajectory is marked by an interest in the intersection of memory, image, culture, and heritage. During her undergraduate studies, she dedicated herself to the exploration of historical photographic processes and photographic laboratory work. In 2019, she began a Scientific Initiation Research project under the supervision of Prof. Dr. João Luís Musa, titled A fotografia como objeto (Photography as Object), which was nominated for the 29th International Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity at USP. Seeking to deepen this investigation, in 2021 she initiated her thesis research on the digitization and conservation of analog and vernacular photographic materials, reflecting on the aging of supports and the memories inscribed in them. As a development of this work, she published the photobook Canção à poeira (Song to Dust), selected in different festivals and the subject of a critical essay published in Revista ZUM. She has also participated in initiatives dedicated to valuing oral history, such as the publication Acervo de múltiplas vozes: narrativas de experiências com Arte e Educação (vol. 2).​ (Collection of Multiple Voices: Narratives of Experiences with Art and Education [vol. 2] ).

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Her education is complemented by extracurricular courses in the fields of image studies, archival science, heritage education, and museological processes, taken at institutions such as the Moreira Salles Institute, the National Archives, IBRAM (Brazilian Institute of Museums), and IPHAN (National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage).

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She is currently dedicated to the management of cultural and historical archives, with particular emphasis on the archives of the artist Eustáquio Neves and the photographer Victor Moriyama. Her work centers on the preservation of memories and narratives through the organization, conservation, and reaserch of artistic and mnemonic archives. She seeks to build bridges between past narratives and future perspectives, understanding memory as a tool that spans multiple temporalities.