Catarina Belo won a first-class bachelor of honours in Film from Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. During this time, she engaged in a semester of overseas studies at Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia majoring in Film but with minor subjects in both anthropology and economics. From her bachelor originated the thesis "Female Depictions in Bollywood Cinema and in Satyajit Ray's Devi and Charulata: An Analysis" and the short documentary "Rise". After returning to Lisbon, she completed a Master in Anthropology at FCSH Universidade Nova de Lisboa whilst working for the portuguese mental health NGO Safe Space Portugal as a local coordinator, researcher, and documentarist for EU (Horizon) and Erasmus + funded projects. Her Masters' dissertation "Portraits of a Peripheral Generation: Non-Metropolitan Millennials and Lifestyle in the North of Portugal (Retratos de uma Geração Periférica: Millennials Não-Metropolitanos e Estilo de Vida no Norte de Portugal)" explored the lifestyles of Portuguese millennials in the North of Portugal in both rural and medium sized urban areas through a multisited approach focusing on aspects such as family and career aspirations, labour market, migration, concepts of tradition and consummer behaviour. Catarina has from then on presented work related to this subject in panels and seminars. From the beginning of 2023 she has also been collaborating on the research project Histórias da Antropologia em Portugal (1940-1970) ((Hi)Stories of Anthropology in Portugal 1940-1970) led by researcher João Leal (CRIA-NOVA FCSH). This project resulted in the book "Correspondência (1935-1964): António Jorge Dias e Ernesto Veiga de Oliveira", among other academic texts. She is currently an Associated Researcher at CRIA (Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia - Centre for Research in Anthropology) and continues working at Safe Space Portugal.