PhD in Social Service from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Universidade de Coimbra

Master in Sociology – area of specialization: Family and Population by the University of Évora

Postgraduate in Management of Private Institutions of Social Solidarity

Degree in Social Work

Invited Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja

Professor of the Master of Social Gerontology of the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco

Integrated member of the CRC-W – Catholic Research Center for Psychological, Family and Social Wellbeing – of the Catholic University of Portugal

Areas of interest – Intervention with families and youth, social and intercultural mediation; social innovation and entrepreneurship, community development and social exclusion