Social Worker, PhD in Social Work from ISCTE-IUL, since 2018/2019 she has been Assistant Professor in the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work at the Faculty of Human Sciences (UCP - Lisbon).

She is a recent fellow of the Post-Doctoral Programme in Integral Human Development at UCP (CADOS).

Researcher at the CRC-W: Católica Research Centre for Psychological, Family and Social Wellbeing.

The main areas of research are Social Work, Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation, with publications and scientific communications around these areas/themes.

She has professional experience in the fields of special education, employment and social entrepreneurship.