Cátia Alves concluded her Master's degree in Textile Engineering (Integrated Master's) at University of Minho (UM), in March 2022, having finished her academic path with a final classification of 18 values. During the integrated master, she has received 4 awards that congratulate the best students of each year and each course of the UM. She developed a dissertation, within the scope of the proposed research, entitled "Desenvolvimento de pensos com capacidade anti-inflamatória" and graded with a classification of 19 values. Before obtaining her Master's degree, she started her first activity as a researcher fellow (November 2021 – present), inserted in a project of the Centre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T) (POCI-01-0247-FEDER- 047124). Furthermore, she has published 1 article in a specialized journal together with other members of the research group where she is integrated, demonstrating her facility to work as a team player. While working on this project, she concluded everything related to her dissertation, proving her ability to conciliate several projects. Also, she wrote the published article and submitted another one to an international journal as first author. Cátia improved the theoretical and practical aspects of her specialization area (textile materials), acquiring new knowledge regarding different areas such as microbiology, cytotoxic assays and, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.