Alexandra M. Araújo studied psychology at the University of Porto and finished her diploma in 2003. From 2004 to 2009, she received an FCT research scholarship to conduct her doctoral studies in Psychology. She worked as a graduate student at the Counselling Center at the University of Minho, receiving her doctoral degree in Psychology from the University of Minho in 2009, also funded by FCT. From 2009 to 2013, she was a consultant to educational organizations (Casa Pia de Lisboa), managed a counseling center, and was an Assistant Professor at Piaget Institute (Lisbon). From 2013 to 2015, she received a post-doctoral FCT research fellowship in Educational Sciences (specializing in Educational Psychology) to study the transition and adaptation to Higher Education and student development and learning in first-year students at the Institute of Education, University of Minho. During this period, she was the co-founder and coordinator of the University of Minho Student Observatory. Since 2015, she has worked at the Portucalense University (Porto) as a Professor of Educational and Vocational Psychology, Research Methods, and Advanced Data Analyses. From 2020 to 2021, she was an Invited Research Methods and Developmental Psychology Professor at the University of Aveiro. She was appointed Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology and Education, Portucalense University, in 2021 and Chair of the Department in February 2022. At Portucalense University, she is also a member of the Office for Educational Innovation and the coordinator of the Student Observatory. [The longitudinal observatory of students' academic integration and persistence at Portucalense University is a research program that tracks students' progress from their first year through graduation. The observatory collects data on factors affecting student success, including academic performance, engagement with the institution and its resources, and personal characteristics. The goal of the observatory is to identify factors that may hinder or promote students' academic integration and persistence and to use this information to improve institutional policies and practices that support student success. The observatory collects data through surveys and collaborates with different departments and stakeholders within the institution]. Alexandra M. Araújo is an integrated research member of CINTESIS@RISE, CINTESIS.UPT, Portucalense University. She has (co-) authored over 100 publications in scientific journals, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters. Her main research areas are higher education, student development, well-being and learning, learning strategies, and teachers' pedagogical preparation. She has advised over 40 master's dissertations and three completed PhD theses. She has acted as a specialist in FCT commissions for evaluating doctoral grants. She has training in Emotional Intelligence from the International Society of Emotional Intelligence. She has been engaged with higher education institutions in Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, and the United States of America (New York) through her research and teaching. She organized over 30 scientific research and academic events. She has made over 200 presentations at regional, national, and international meetings. She was chosen to be one of the five national members to serve on the Jurisdiction Committee of the Portuguese Order of Psychologists in the past. She is a founding member of the Portuguese Association for Research in Educational Psychology and the Portuguese Association for Career Development.