Maria Regina Sardinheiro do Céu Furtado Ferreira completed her Ph.D. in Nursing in July 2015 at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and earned a Master's degree in Social and Organizational Psychology in 1996 from ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. She is a member of the Pedagogical Council and Technical-scientific Council at the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Escola Superior de Saúde. Is also chairs the Committee for Quality Assessment and the School of Health Sciences and is an active researcher at the same institution. She represents the ESSS at the IPS Employability and Entrepreneurship Support Unit at the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém Escola Superior de Saúde de Santarém. Additionally, she acts as the Auditor coordinator for the Management System and Quality of Santarém School of Health and the Quality Assurance System of Santarém Polytechnic Institute. She is also a member of the General Council and an Integrated researcher at the Research Unit of the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém Escola Superior de Saúde. Coordinator of Life Quality Research Centre. She is the Co-coordinator of the Master Course in Management of Health Units and a Teacher Coordinator at the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém. She has published 51 articles in journals, contributed to 6 sections of books, and authored 5 books. Furthermore, she has organized 8 events and participated in 9 others. She has been involved as a Researcher in different projects. Her work primarily focuses on Medical and Health Sciences, particularly in nursing and management with an emphasis on various topics such as Nursing Knowledge, Health Literacy, Nutrition, Sexuality, Tobacco Consumption in Children and Youth, Health Management, Quality, Youth, Lifestyles, Sleep and Rest, Obesity, Empowerment, Business Model, Proof of Concept, and Senior Tourism. Maria has collaborated with 179 colleagues on scientific papers throughout her professional career.