Born in 1984 in Lisbon, graduated in Economics (2006) and Master in Economics and Public Policy (2015) both in ISCTE-IUL . Participated in the Erasmus program in Slovenia (2004), internship at INETI (2006), participated in the European Voluntary Service in Serbia (2007), was Junior Consultant in Social Responsability (2009-2010), Ambassador of Climate Change College (WWF and Unilever) and also lived and taught in Auroville (India).
Was a trainer of the Youth in Action Programme (2008-2014), President of the NGO Ecolution (2008-2016), cooperative - founder of Biovilla and Coopérnico, and since 2012 researcher at CCIAM/CE3C. Was involved in several action-research projects, such as BASE (FP7, 2012-2016), Equibridges (E+, 2014-2017), SIRCle (E+, 2014-2017), Go Deep in Education (Interreg, 2017-2019) and INCCA (FCT, 2020-2023). Currently involved in the Just Wind 4 All project (H2020, 2023-2025).