Raquel Sales is a biologist graduated from University of Aveiro (Portugal). Alongside science, dance has always been part of her life, and she has been teaching this art since 2021. This experience in the field of education and her interest in wildlife conservation led her to develop an artistic environmental education project at a local school in Botswana, in partnership with the NGO Elephants for Africa, with the aim of raising awareness among students about the urgency of conserving the African savannah elephant. Her main areas of interest are conservation, ecology, and animal behaviour. She also brings experience in ecotoxicology.