I completed a degree in History – Variant of Art History, scientific and educational training at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra (1993), and a Master’s Degree in Art, Heritage and Restoration – Heritage Management at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon (2003). I completed a Postgraduate Degree in Educational Sciences - Educational Training Branch at the Autonomous University of Lisbon, (2006), I obtained the Diploma of Advanced Studies - Fundamentals of Historical-Archaeological Research, area of knowledge of History of Art from the University of Salamanca (2006) and I finished the Post-Graduation in Art Curatorship at NOVA-FCSH (2016). In 2022, I completed my PhD in Art History, at the University of Évora, with a thesis on Visual Arts in Coimbra in the second half of the 20th century, in which I obtained the maximum grade with Distinction. I published the following books: 50 years of CAPC – Uma faceta das Artes Plásticas em Coimbra, 2010, published with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Goa - A Arte dos Púlpitos, 2006; Arquitectura Régia em Carnide/ Luz, 1994, Monografia do Lumiar, (Co-authorship) 2003. Published Articles in books and catalogues: Devoção no Feminino: Cinco Séculos de Memória e Lavores nas vestes da Nossa Senhora da Luz, (2021); Santana da Silva Palace in The Manor House – Portugal, Brazil and Goa – Anatomy of the Interiors, 2021; Ana Jotta in Artistas Plásticas em Portugal, 2020; Narciso Costa in Nós e os Outros, 2019; Portugal: Heritage, Entries in several volumes, 2006; The Rain Gods in The Seventh Art in the Seventh Heaven – Cinema and Religion, 2005; Mannerist Architecture in Goa – Some Religious Buildings, 2000; Cultours, Discovering Heritage, GEOTA, 1999; Leonardo da Vinci – a Man on the Scale of the World, a World on the Scale of the Man, (co-authorship) 1998; The Tile in the 17th Century and its Fusion with Architecture - Fundação das Casas de Fronteira and Alorna, 1994. I published articles in websites and magazines: Estado da Arte – 1+1+1+=3 in Newsletter of the Portuguese Association of Art Historians, 2011; Futurism – Instruments and Subjects in Athena Magazine, 2011; Holography and Art in Athena Magazine, 2011; Church of Our Lady of Quietation of the Discalced Sisters of the Rule of Saint Clare in Revista Arquitectura Lusíada, 2010; Plastic Arts in Coimbra in IdeArte-Revista de Teorias e Ciências da Arte, 2009; Delaunay – A Couple of Foreigners in Portuguese Modernism in Athena Magazine, 2008; Amadeo de Souza Cardoso in Boletim do Movimento Artistico de Coimbra 2007; Milly Possoz – A woman in the art scene at the beginning of the 20th century, in Boletim do Movimento Artistico de Coimbra, 2007; History and Religion in Ancient India – Indo-European Base and Christianization in Revista Portuguesa das Religiões, 2003; Who was Machado de Castro? 1998; Carving Art in Ancient Portuguese India – the Pulpits in Vértice Magazine 1997. I have held conferences and lectures: Mannerist Architecture in Goa – Some buildings, Fundação das Casas de Fronteira and Alorna/Fundação Oriente, 1993; Perspectives on India, Artistic Forms, Fundação Oriente, 1996; Gilded Carving in Ancient Portuguese India Pulpits, Its Typology, Associação Amigos de Goa, Damão and Diu Casa da Cultura Coimbra, 1996; The Immaculate Conception and its representations in the East and West, Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, 2009; Indo Portuguese Pulpits, Lisbon Academy of Sciences, 2013; Santana da Silva Palace 7th International Colloquium, Manor Houses: Portugal, Brazil & Goa, Panjim, 2023. I co-organized the Nikias Skapinakis International Congress (2023); International Congress Na Sombra do Desejo. Julião Sarmento (1948-2021), (2021) and International Colloquium - A Dona Maria e o Sítio da Luz (2021).