She has an MSc in Psychology from the University of Lisbon (2000), a Phd in Psychology from Cardiff University (2005) and an MBA from the International School of Management (ISM, 2013). Recently she received the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Best Practitioner-Researcher Award (2012) for her work with VIG and vulnerable families. Dr. Doria is currently an honorary research fellow of the Norwich Medical School University of East Anglia (UK), and a psychologist consultant at the international nursery of UNESCO in Paris (France). She is married and the mother of two girls, and is currently living in Paris.