Rita Faísca completed her Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry in 2021 and her Master's in Biochemistry for Health in 2023, both from NOVA University of Lisbon (School of Science and Technology). In her bachelor's final project she studied Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm formation at the Control of gene Expression lab from ITQB NOVA (2021). Her master thesis, titled "The role of JAK-STAT signaling pathway in early arthritis" was part of a translational research project at the Rheumatology Research Unit (João Eurico Fonseca Lab) from IMM, and it focused on flow cytometry analysis of arthritis patients' peripheral blood leukocyte populations. From january 2024 to april 2025, she was a Research fellow at the Biomolecular Engineering Lab, from UCIBIO (Applied Molecular Biociences Unit, NOVA School of Science and Technology) in Almada, working in the PURE project: "Scalable biotechnology for preciselly patterned bioseparations", as well as other smaller projects in the lab, gaining a vast experience in chemical functionalzation of solid supports, protein production and affinity chromatography. After gaining experience and skills in such diverse fields, she is now interested in pursuing a PhD in fundamental research, particularly in the field of neurobiology and regulation of stem cell proliferation, something she has always been interested in.