Mónica Nogueira Soares is a psychologist, higher education lecturer, researcher, school and family mediator, trainer, and parenting educator. Since 2006, she has worked in Psychology and Education, combining psychological intervention, teacher and professional training, conflict mediation, socio-emotional education, research, and the development of educational projects, with a particular focus on school coexistence, violence prevention, socio-emotional development, and educational practices. She holds a PhD in Psychology, with research focused on conflict and violence in school contexts. She is a full member of the Portuguese Psychologists Association (Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses), which recognises her as a Specialist in Educational Psychology and in Clinical and Health Psychology. She holds postgraduate qualifications in Psychology in Primary Health Care Centres and Conflict Mediation in School Contexts, specialised training in eating disorders and family mediation, international certifications in Kids and Teen Coaching and Emotional Education, and training in Profiling. She is also certified to implement national and international parenting education programmes. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Paula Frassinetti School of Education (ESEPF), where she also serves as Director of the Bachelor’s Degree in Basic Education, with responsibilities for the scientific, pedagogical, and organisational coordination of the programme and for monitoring the quality of initial teacher education. She is an integrated researcher at the Research Centre for Developmental Psychology (CIPD) and is involved in the scientific activities of the Paula Frassinetti Research Centre (CIPAF), participating in projects on violence prevention, well-being, socio-emotional competencies, educational relationships, inclusion, and psychological development. Throughout her career, she has coordinated, monitored, and evaluated school-based and socio-educational projects addressing violence, conflict, and school indiscipline, developed within systemic and whole-school approaches. She has worked as a school psychologist, coordinated the Ser e Estar project within Matosinhos City Council, and was part of a University of Porto team supporting innovation, autonomy, and curricular flexibility processes in schools. Her professional experience also includes collaboration with the Portuguese Red Cross and ADEIMA. Conflict mediation is a core area of her professional practice. She is a certified conflict mediator under the International Mediation Institute’s Qualifying Assessment Program, with experience in school and family mediation, and is included in the list of Private Conflict Mediators of the Portuguese Ministry of Justice. She also supervises internships in Psychology and Conflict Mediation and served on the governing bodies of the National Federation of Conflict Mediation between 2021 and 2024. She has experience in the coordination and supervision of technical teams and is certified as a trainer by national training and education bodies. Her academic activity includes teaching, mentoring and supervising undergraduate and master’s students, participation in academic panels and scientific committees, organisation of scientific events, and invited presentations at national and international conferences. She is the author and co-author of scientific articles, book chapters, and other academic and technical publications, and the author of the book Education for Coexistence at School. Her work focuses on relational processes in educational contexts and on prevention, intervention, and training practices grounded in psychological knowledge and research.