BSc as a Biomedical Scientist in Histocellular Pathology from Escola Superior de Tecnologias da Saúde de Lisboa. Msc in Biomedical Technologies from Instituto Superior Técnico and Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa. Worked from 2013 to 2017 in Cell Cycle Regulation (CCR) laboratory of Dr. Mónica Bettencourt-Dias at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência as an Electron Microscopy Technician.