Degree in Computer Science from University of Lisbon, Portugal. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. on Human-Robot Interaction at University of Lisbon, in GAIPS - Research Group on AI for People and the Society Visualization and Intelligent Multimodal Interfaces Group" at INESC-ID. With a focus on social agents for children inclusion in schools. The main research interests are in the fields of Social Robotics, Children Education, Accessibility, Children with special education needs (SEND), Affective Computing, Human-Robot Interaction and Augment Reality for rehabilitation.

With 20 + years of experience senior leadership, design, business, people and change in the Telecommunications Industry, embraced several technical and management areas in Digital, Customer Operations and IT.