Rosa Pinho graduated in 1988 in Biology from the University of Aveiro, where she developed the scientific internship in Taxonomy of Vascular Plants. She holds a Master of Sea Sciences and Coastal Zones from the University of Aveiro. Her area of work has been the Taxonomy of Vascular Plants, Plant Ecology, Ethnobotany (emphasis on PAM - Aromatic and Medicinal Plants) and Environmental Education and awareness, dissemination and communication of science. She has been Curator of the Herbarium of the University of Aveiro since 1993. She has developed several activities in the area of Environmental Education, involving schools and the general public. She is the author / co-author of several books, as a complete work and / or chapters, as well as articles of a scientific, technical, scientific-pedagogical nature and dissemination in magazines and newspapers. She participated as responsible for the Flora and Vegetation component in numerous Environmental Impact Assessments, Environmental Monitoring and Management Plans for Protected Areas. She has been developing works in areas with abundant exotic flora (Woods, Parks and Gardens) with emphasis on the botanical coordination of the SIG Parque de Serralves Project, the Plan for Requalification of the Bussaco National Forest and the BRIGHT Project (Bussaco´s Recovery from Invasions Generating Habitat Threats) LIFE + and Project EduPark - Mobile Learning, Augmented Reality and Geocaching in Science Education. She participated in the elaboration of nature routes, being responsible for the flora and vegetation component. She is a trainer credited by the Scientific-Pedagogical Council for Continuing Education. To study and share knowledge of the flora and its habitats as well as their importance is one of her biggest concerns, participating in several actions of the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture (Cie^ncia Viva). She is member of the associated laboratory CESAM (center for environmental and sea studies).