She has a degree in Art/Furniture Expertise from the Superior School of Decorative Arts of the Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva Foundation, a Master in Museology and Heritage from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the New University of Lisbon and a PhD in Design on the theme "Portuguese furniture from mass production in the third quarter of the 20th century", from the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon. She is Professor of the Interior Design and Equipment Course of the Superior School of Applied Arts of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, professor of the initiation course in carpentry of the FRESSFORMA Fundação Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva and professor of the History of Furniture Design at The Lisbon Scholl of Design. She is the author of several publications on the subject of furniture and interior design. She regularly participates and coordinates colloquia and has lectured and curated exhibitions on the same theme.