Holds a degree in Political Science and International Relations (2002) from NOVA University Lisbon, including a one-semester Erasmus period in The Hague, the Netherlands. She completed a Master’s degree in Sociology (2023) at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, specialising in active ageing and the transition to retirement. As a result of this work, she published an article in a scientific journal in January 2025. In 2024, she joined the Doctoral Programme in Labour Relations and Human Resources at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where she is further developing the topic explored in her Master’s degree, with a particular focus on age management in organisations. She is currently a collaborating researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto. She began her professional career and developed her event organisation skills at the International Relations Office of the University of Porto (2003), where she organised an exhibition on the experience of University of Porto students studying abroad through the Erasmus Programme. She then joined U.Porto Inovação (the University of Porto’s patent management and technology transfer office) from its inception in 2004, working in the area of R&D funding management (preparation and submission of national and European funding proposals) and technology commercialisation. Until 2012, her main responsibilities were related to encouraging and supporting the participation of U.Porto research groups in national and international funding programmes, and later became more focused on technology management. Specifically, in technology management, she was responsible for supporting the assessment of the market potential of technologies. In relation to projects, her experience includes the implementation and management of several European projects, namely science communication projects such as Researchers’ Night (Seventh Framework Programme – 4 editions), entrepreneurship support projects such as Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (CIP – Competitiveness and Innovation Programme), and technology and knowledge transfer projects and exchanges of good practice such as Nanovalor (POCTEP – Cross-Border Cooperation Operational Programme between Spain and Portugal), among others. In addition to these activities, she collaborated in the organisation of events in the fields of entrepreneurship (workshops and awards) and university-business relations (A2B sessions). In 2017, she began working in the field of employability at the Rectorate of the University of Porto, where she developed activities related to the organisation of employment promotion events (interaction initiatives with employers, namely company presentations and the organisation of the Employment Fair – 4 editions) and skills development (personal development initiatives for students). She also maintained responsibilities linked to the management of funded projects related to employability activities (3 national projects – POCTEP and PRR). With her integration into the Alumni area (2023), her activities have become more closely related to the development of the Employment Observatory, which includes activities aimed at promoting knowledge of the labour market and disseminating that knowledge through studies, graduate surveys, the preparation of reports, and the dissemination of results. In 2026, following a technical selection process, she was included in the List of Experts of the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), Profile 18 – Programme and Project Management, at Senior Expert level, making her eligible for deployment on technical missions according to the Agency’s operational needs.