Orlanda Cruz is an associate professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto, where she completed her undergraduate and graduate studies. Her expertise spans the fields of developmental psychology, parenting, and family support. Her current research interests and extension activities are in the scope of prevention science and implementation science, particularly addressing the evaluation and implementation of evidence-based parenting interventions in real-world settings. In addition, she is an integrated researcher at the Center for Psychology at the University of Porto, where she is the coordinator for the Development and Education Research Group and head of the subgroup addressing the Evaluation and Implementation of Evidence-based Interventions (EIEI research group). Most of her research has been developed within research projects with competitive funding as Pi, co-Pi, and team member. She has also integrated international research teams such as the COST Action EurofamNet (CA18123), where she was a management committee member. Currently, she is the national co-coordinator of the COST Innovators Grant QA[4]EuroFam (IG18123). Her work has significantly contributed to the identification, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions in community-based settings as part of services delivering routine care practice with children and their families, particularly those exposed to vulnerability factors. She is also a certified provider in several parenting programs of the Triple P Positive Parenting intervention system, namely Triple P - Seminars (level 2), Triple P – Discussion Groups (level 3), Group Triple P, and Standard Triple P (level 4).