Lives and works in Porto, Portugal. Rita Xavier is a PhD candidate in Cultural Studies from Universidade do Minho with a FCT fellowship. Her project reflects on the inscription of the body and the reconstructions of identity in the contemporary cultural context in the light of the ecofeminisms. Graduated in Philosophy (Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2008), Rita holds a Master Degree in Artistic Studies Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 2011). At the same time, she took several training courses in natural gynecology and herbalism, doula from preconception to childbirth, ayurveda, mytology, symbolic language and tarot and program women's circles using reading and creative writing tools, somatic movement and ancestral and ritualistic care practices. Rita worked in the programming and communication department of Teatro Municipal do Porto and DDD - Days of Dance International Festival (2016-2020), Museu do Porto (2020-22), at the Municipal Direction of Culture and Heritage (Câmara Municipal do Porto) . She was the head of communication at different artistic structures and festivals, develops research and criticism in the performing arts field, publishing and collaborating with several artistic and academic institutions and works as a freelance curator. She was lecturer-professor of Aesthetics and Contemporary Culture at Escola Superior de Educação do Politécnico do Porto (2010-2014), where she was a member of the Centre for the Study of Arts and Heritage (InEd). She had a FCT fellowship to work on Contemporary Art Documentation project 2012 and unplace project (2014-2015) at the Instituto de História de Arte (Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian). Her areas of interest involve body arts and performance, aesthetics, contemporary art, politics of care and feminist studies, in particular ecofeminist currents.