Graduated with a major in Architecture and a master's degree in Management; she was a fashion stylist and worked in Digital Marketing in a luxury product company and a pharmaceutical company. The documentary Cowspiracy and a conference on Zero Waste generated the first concerns with sustainability. She created the blog Do Zero and seeks to live with the minimal ecological footprint possible today.

Professor and researcher in energy and climate change, coordinates the Climate-KIC Hub Portugal and the Energy & Climate line from the research center CENSE. She belongs to the scientific committee of the UL-UNL Joint PhD Program in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies.

Graduated with a major in Environmental Engineering from Nova University of Lisbon and has a master's degree in Energy and Environment Economics from ISEG. She joined EDP in 2000 as part of the design and implementation of geographic information systems. Since 2017, she has been responsible for the environment and climate in the group's sustainability directorate.