She obtained a Master of Science in Probability and Statistics (in the epidemiology area) and her PhD in Probability and Statistics in 2008, both at FCUL. Over the years, she has taught several undergraduate statistical courses in various areas, for example, biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics and informatics. She is a collaborator member of the Centro de Estatística e Aplicações da Universidade de Lisboa (CEAUL). She has been focusing her interests in biostatistics and applied health statistics and has taught postgraduate courses in those areas. In GTPB, she has been an instructor of the IBSTAT series, since 2014.