I graduated in Psychology (1994), have a Master degree in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology (1998) and a Ph.D. in Education (2006). My research focused on inclusion and Deaf education. Within Ph.D. project, I worked with a science teacher and from that point on my interest with science education has increased. So after my Ph.D. I participated in a research project aimed at exploring issues of science education and inclusion. This was my entry point in the area of Science Education. For about eight years, I was part of the group Science Education at the Institute of Education of the University of Lisbon (IE-ULisboa), with whom I developed work in the area of curricular change, teacher training, and students learning. Initially, I was a postdoctoral fellow of a European Project (2007-2009) and later a researcher (funded by the national funding agency – FCT) (2009-2014). In 2015, my research interests have been oriented towards inclusion and social participation in school when I received a postdoctoral fellowship. Since 2016, I have been working as a teacher at IE-ULisboa, where I coordinated a project for studying social participation of students with SEN (2016-2019), and currently I integrate a European project, focused on the inclusion of students with disabilities in the school. I still develop research in the area of Science education, particularly on issues related to students learning and motivation and I am part of a project called GOSTEM focused on STEM education.