Mónica Cerqueira holds a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Minho (2019) and a Master's degree in Health Sciences, at the School of Medicine - University of Minho (EM-UMinho), with a final grade of 19 (out of 20) on the thesis project. During this last academic year, Mónica was a researcher at the Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), EM-UMinho, and at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL). The main focus of her master thesis was the full pre-clinical validation (in vitro and in vivo) of a novel biocompatible theranostic probe activated in the tumor site, through a magnetic field. This work had financial support from the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) - project PTDC/BTM-SAL/31142/2017. Mónica is a researcher at the ICVS, focusing her interest on the study of novel synthetic molecules as targeted agents against triple-negative breast cancer and renal cell carcinoma. Since September of 2022, she is a PhD student in the doctoral program of Health Sciences in University of Minho, being awarded with a PhD grant from FCT. During her academic path, Mónica published 1 review article (IF=6.321, Q1) as the first author and presented several conference posters at national and international scientific congresses, and a oral comunication at national congress.