With a BA in Languages and International Relations by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, MSc in Research in Political Science by Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain) and MA European Master in Government by the University of Konstanz (Germany – specialisation in Comparative Politics and Public Policy). She worked as a research assistant at Zukunftskolleg (University of Konstanz) and was a trainee at the European Commission (DG REGIO – Evaluation and European Semester) under the Blue Book Traineeship Programme). She has over 3 years of experience in EU funding, project management, and communication.