Luisa Mendes Arruda is a PhD student in Textile Engineering at the University of Minho / PT, who holds a Master's degree in History and Art Criticism from the Federal University of Espírito Santo, an MBA in Business Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas / BR, and graduated in Fashion Design from the University of Vila Velha, Brazil. She has worked in research in the area of Fashion Design, Product Design, Body, Communication, and Semiotics. In recent years she has been researching Smart Textiles, Wearable Technologies, and Assistive Technology. She is a member of ABEPEM (Brazilian Association of Studies and Research in Fashion), professor in postgraduate programs in Brazil, and designer for footwear brands. In 2017, she became a researcher at the Centre for Textile Science and Technology / University of Minho (2C2T), and since 2020 she has been part of the Fibrenamics researchers’ team, where she is working on a project related to textiles sensors and thermal comfort properties for the prevention of pressure ulcers. Luisa competed and was selected as a designer representing Portugal in two projects cofinanced by the European Union’s Creative Europe Program, namely CREATEX Textile Heritage Inspiring Creatives (595936-CREA-1-2018-1-IT-CULT-COOP3), and in the scope of Fusion: Fashion Up-Skilling: Innovation OpenNetwork (EACEA-34-2018). To date she has published 5 conference articles, 8 book chapters, and 1 poster.