I obtained my BSc. in Biochemistry at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. During the 3-year formation, my interest in the area of metabolism became evident. I completed my master’s degree in Biochemistry at the University of Coimbra, Portugal in November 2021. I was able to explore the beneficial effects of maternal physical exercise during an obesogenic gestation on the cardiac metabolic and mitochondrial function of the young-adult Sprague-Dawley rat offspring. In January 2022, I started an internship at the Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, at the Perinatal Research Lab, under the supervision of Ursula Hiden, Ph.D., and Elisa Weiss, MSc. During the 3-month internship, I acquired expertise on Endothelial Colony Forming Cells isolation from human fetal umbilical cord vein of GDM portraying-donors. To deepen my skills in human research, I worked for more than half a year as a research laboratory technician in Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, at the Department of Pathology, at Dr. Hsi's laboratory, North Carolina, USA. I had the opportunity to acquire training in biomedical and human research, handle human samples, and cell lines, and work with histology and immunohistochemistry assays in several hematologic malignancies. I was awarded a 4-year Ph.D. scholarship by the Foundation of Science and Technology, and I am currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, University of Coimbra and in the EIT Health Ageing Ph.D. School, which is co-funded by the European Union. I am the first author in 4 publications (and in one submitted book chapter ), and a co-author in 8 publications. I have participated in 20 scientific meetings, presented 12 posters, and 3 oral communications, with 21 published abstracts. I have been awarded 5 prizes in international and national scientific meetings.