She studied in Norway for two years and then moved on to the United States, where she completed a double major in Statistics and Computer Science (from Macalester College). After four freezing Minnesota winters, she is back in her warm homeland of Portugal. When she is not dueling with software bugs, she can be found ranting about social justice topics, among which, UBI. For her, the concept of a basic income is maybe the only solid, concrete idea on the table right now that the Left can seize upon to create transformative and lasting change.