As a lecturer, visual artist and researcher, she develops her work in the fields of illustration, drawing, painting and animation. She is an Adjunct Teacher in the Department of Arts, Design and Animation at the School of Technology, Management and Design of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, where she has taught on the BA programmes in Communication Design since 1999 and Animation Design since 2006, coordinating the latter. She is a member of the Scientific-Technical Council and the Pedagogical Council and also coordinates the Postgraduate Programme in Animation. She holds a PhD in Design from the Department of Communication and Art at the Aveiro University, with the thesis “From three-dimensional illustration to the page plan in the picturebook in Portugal”. At the same institution, she completed a Master’s degree in Design, Materials and Product Management. She holds a degree in Painting, specialising in Graphic Design and Illustration, from the University School of Arts of Coimbra. She is an integrated researcher at CHAIA, the Centre for Art History and Artistic Research at the University of Évora. Also, she collaborates with GII, Research and Innovation Office of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre. Within the scope of her scientific and pedagogical activity, she regularly participates as a guest speaker, trainer, and moderator in seminars, festivals, artistic residencies and training programmes organised by institutions of a scientific, cultural and educational nature. In the field of artistic production, she has participated in several exhibitions and projects. In the editorial domain, she has co-supervised two picture books and co-authored three illustrated books. Based on her research trajectory and artistic practice, she actively participates in national and international scientific and pedagogical events, presenting papers and publishing articles and book chapters that reflect the outcomes of her research and development processes, as well as studies and experiences developed in both individual and collective contexts. Scientific Domains - Visual Arts: drawing and applied illustration, artistic practices and research, expression and movement, art and inclusion; art and mental health | Design: creative processes; creativity and education, inclusive and social design, design and territory | Animation: drawing and animation; aesthetics of animated films.