Amélia de Jesus Gandum Marchão has been a Coordinating Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (IPP), Portugal, since 1989. She holds a post-doctoral degree in Education (2019), and a PhD in Education Sciences (2010). She is a researcher at VALORIZA, IPP's Research Center for Endogenous Resource Valorization, and a collaborating member of the CETAPS, Centre for English, Translation, and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, section of Working CLIL. She was a coordinator of bachelor and master’s degrees in education, chaired the Pedagogical Council of the School of Education and Social Sciences of the IPP, and currently belongs to the Scientific–Technical Council and to the Pedagogical Council. She is an external expert of the A3ES, Portuguese Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education in Portugal. She developed research projects in education, inclusive education, curriculum, and teacher training, among others. She has national and international publications in her research areas.