raduated in Nursing from the University of Minho and Specialist in Medical-Surgical Nursing from the School of Nursing at the University of Minho. Postgraduate in Health Unit Management from the School of Economics at the University of Minho, Master's in Nursing of the Person in Critical Situations from the University of Minho, and a PhD student at ICBAS in Nursing Sciences. She is a nurse in the Neurosurgery department at ULS in Braga. She collaborates with the Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E) - UMinho Cluster. Her research interests focus on themes related to Mental Health, Aging, and Informal Care, and she is involved in national research networks.