I am a taxonomy lover interested in natural history, museomics, evolution, phylogeny and doing expeditions. I finalised my Bachelor's in Biology in 2022 at the Science Faculty of the University of Porto and my Master's in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution at the Research Centre for Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO). Recently, I assisted with the identification and preparation of Red Sea marine invertebrates for barcoding procedures at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Over the last five years, I have been helping curate collections at the Museum of Natural History of the Iberian Peninsula (NatMIP). Furthermore, I am affiliated with the groups River and Coastal Ecology (RACE) at CIIMAR and MARCHANGE at CIBIO. During my bachelor's, I participated in the undergraduate program Blue Young Talent (BYT), working on the ecology of the diadromous fish Allis shad on the Minho River. On my Master’s, my focus shifted to discovering the Iberian coastal fauna through integrative taxonomy, integrating DNA barcodes and taxonomy to tell the story of polychaetes and pycnogonids surrounding the understudied and endangered rhodolith ecosystems. At the moment, I am working as a Research Technician at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid with a focus on taxonomy of Red Sea Syllidae and experimental aquarium maintenance.