Loulé, Portugal, 1973. Graduated in Architecture, in the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon (1998). Master’s Degree earned in Theory of Architecture, in the Lusíada University (2003). Doctor of Architecture, earned in University of Beira Interior, Covilhã (2014). Freelancer in the fields of Architecture Design and Urban Planning, in Algarve (since 1998). Public agent in Territorial Planning, in Algarve (since 2019). University Professor in the Master's Degree of Architecture, at ISMAT, Portimão (since 2004), and in the Design’s and Cinema’s Degrees, at Lusófona University, Lisbon (between 2015 and 2016). Coordinator of the curricular field of Drawing and Technologies on Architecture Master’s Degree, at ISMAT, Portimão (between 2016 and 2021). Lecturer in the Master’s Degree of Circular Design, at ISMAT, Portimão (since 2022). Invited Lecturer at Complutense University, Madrid / Mindway / ELLE Education, in the fields of Innovative Materials, Sustainability Research Laboratory, and Innovative Interior Design, of the Master’s Degree of Interior Design (since 2022). With regard to scientific production, she has published several research works, projects and articles linked to Project Design, Drawing / Inventive Representation, and Sustainable Materials, as well as participated in international workshops and conferences in the field of Architecture and Education (since 2014). She also published a book entitled “Error as an inventive resource in Drawing”, Italy (2019). As resident member of Loulé Design Lab (since 2019), she was the founder of the research project Mess Materials entitled “Towards a ‘green’ materiality” - innovative materials applicable in the architecture, design and construction, developing work within a network of workshops with a view to innovation, where she has been prototyping and producing eco-materials in laboratory environments, for Architecture and Design contexts.