I completed my PhD in Education in 2023/05/27 at the Centro de Investigação em Educação, ISPA - Instituto Universitário. I am also a Master Educational Psychology (by Universidade da Madeira) and an Early Childhood Educator (by Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Rodríguez). I have participated as a research assistant in three funded research projects, and I was awarded a PhD student fellowship. I have authored 32 articles in journals and 4 sections (s) of books. I also helped in the organisation and presentation of 2 conferences and 2 workshops and was invited to participate in 5 international symposiums. My work contributes to the area(s) of Social Sciences with an emphasis on Educational Sciences and Psychology, with special interest in the field of early childhood education, primary education, academic assessment, the affective component of achievement, grade retention, and social and emotional learning. In my professional activities, I interacted with more than 25 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In my capacity as a teacher, I have covered undergraduate courses in Research Methods, Emotional and Social Instruments for Education, Learning Processes in Basic Education and Psychological Assessment.