Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, where she coordinates the Institute of Family Sciences and the Master's Degree in Family Studies. Member of the Board of Directors of the Faculty since May 2023; Member of the Scientific Council and of the Coordination Council since July 2020; Member of the Pedagogical Council of the FCH - Representative of the Teachers of the Degree in Psychology since 2019. Co-Coordinator of the PROTEUS Project - PROmoTing succEss in UniverSity, funded by DGES as part of the Programme for Promoting Success and Reducing Dropouts in Higher Education, between october 2023 and november 2024. Co-Coordinator of UCP4Success, a funded project within the same scope. PhD in Psychology from the Universities of Lisbon and Coimbra (2015), Master's Degree in Psychology in the speciality of Stress and Well-Being (2008). Postgraduate in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy (CBT), with further training in Emotion-Focused Psychotherapy. Recognised by the Portuguese Psychologists' Association as a Specialist in Clinical and Health Psychology and in Community Psychology, areas in which she has extensive experience. She is a researcher at the CRCW - Catolica Research Centre for Psyhological, Family and Social Wellbeing, in the Resilient and safe societies, families, and individuals thematic sub-axis Family Adjustment and development processes.