Maria Luz Antunes has a PhD in Information Science from the University of Coimbra, with a thesis about the collaboration of librarians in health research teams. She holds a degree in History and a Master's in Documentation Sciences, with a dissertation about the role of the reference librarian as a mediator in academic health libraries. Since 2000, MLA has managed the library of the Lisbon School of Health Technology (Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon), where she manages the institutional scientific repository. She trains students in information literacy and the use of databases and reference managers to avoid plagiarism. She has managed the European Documentation Centre of the University of Lisbon, as well as the libraries of the Institute of General Practice (Southern Portugal), the Institute of Quality in Health, and the Atlantic University. But the whole story begins in 1988 at the Library of the Portugal Office (European Commission). MLA is the editorial referee of two scientific journals: Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar (since 2014) and Saúde & Tecnologia (since 2008). Council member of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) between 2017 and 2024. MLA conducts information science research in information literacy, information professionals' skills, information research methods, review articles, open access, open science, digital identity, editorial management, and recently health literacy, especially among the elderly and chronically ill. Awarded and/or honored four times.