Curadora adjunta de arte brasileño en el MASP desde diciembre de 2019 a mayo de 2022, en que renunció por discrepancias con el museo al serle negada la posibilidad de presentar unas fotografías para una exposición. Benites se convirtió en la primera curadora indígena contratado por el Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP). Since 2004, Benites has worked in indigenous education. She served as a teacher at an indigenous school in the city of Aracruz, Espírito Santo, in the Guarani community from 2004 to 2012 and was a pedagogic coordinator at the Municipal Secretariat of Education in Maricá, Rio de Janeiro, where she advised indigenous schools in the region. Her curatorial projects include “DjaGuata Porã: Rio de Janeiro Indígena” (2017–18) at the Museu de Arte do Rio and an upcoming exhibition on indigenous leaderships at Sesc Ipiranga, São Paulo, which will open in 2020.