Vice-Rector for Teaching and Attractiveness. PhD from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Fribourg and Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra. She has authored over one hundred publications in indexed journals and led several research projects. Experienced in coordinating first, second, and third cycle programmes, she serves on A3ES External Evaluation Committees and was Deputy Director of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra for four years. Appointed Student Ombudsman of the University of Coimbra in 2018. She is a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, coordinating the Luso-Brazilian Observatory of Inequalities and Public Policies, and a member of several international networks.