Filipa Júlio graduated in Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Minho in 2000 (BSc - 5 years) and started to work as a Neuropsychologist in 2007 at the University of Coimbra, both in research and clinical settings dedicated to neurological movement disorders. She is an effective member of the Portuguese Psychologists' Association (OPP - Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses) since it was created in 2010 - Professional Card nº 1427. She was granted a Clinical and Health Psychology Expert Certificate and a Neuropsychology Expert Certificate by the Portuguese Psychologists' Association (OPP - Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses) in 2016. She has been particularly involved with the Huntington's Disease global community since 2007, both as a professional and as an active volunteer for different national and international lay organizations. From February 2007 to March 2010, and from October 2012 to October 2013, she was a Research Assistant at IBILI - Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences/ Faculty of Medicine - University of Coimbra. From July 2008 to June 2009, she was the Local Coordinator of the Portuguese Huntington Association (APDH) in Coimbra (volunteer). From February 2009 to March 2010, she was cognitive rater for the Huntington's Disease clinical trial ACR-16 at the Neurology Department of Coimbra University Hospital. From March 2009 to July 2017, she was Co-investigator in the Registry Study (EHDN - European Huntington's disease Network) at the Neurology Department of Coimbra University Hospital. From June 2009 to November 2014, she was the President of the Portuguese Huntington Association (APDH) (https://www.huntington-portugal.com/) (volunteer). Since June 2010, she became a Regular Member of the European Huntington's Disease Network (EHDN) (scientific activity). Since March 2011, she became a Portuguese Translator for the HDBuzz - Huntington's disease research news (http://hdbuzz.net/) (volunteer). From September 2011 to July 2018, she was a Board Member (Member at Large) of the International Huntington Association (IHA) (volunteer). Since March 2012, she became a Portuguese Translator for the Huntington's Disease Youth Organization (HDYO) (http://en.hdyo.org/) (volunteer). Since September 2012, she became a Board Member (Secretary) of the European Huntington Association (EHA) (volunteer). From October 2013 to September 2017, she had a PhD grant from The Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/85358/2012) to conduct her PhD in Neuropsychology at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences - University of Coimbra. Since November 2014, she became the Vice-President of the Portuguese Huntington Association (APDH) (volunteer). Since November 2018, she is a Member of the Ethics Committee at i3S Consortium - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health- University of Porto (scientific activity). Since October 2020, she started to work as Project Manager for the European Huntington Association (https://ehamovingforward.org/; https://eurohuntington.org/), and is currently coordinating European and country-specific projects and managing teams in Russia, Spain and Belgium. Filipa Júlio is presently finishing her PhD in Neuropsychology at the University of Coimbra (Thesis: Everyday Executive Function in Parkinson and Huntington Disease: a novel ecological approach).