Luísa Benvinda Álvares graduated in Modern Languages and Literatures (Portuguese/French variant), from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto. She took Pedagogical Aptitude and Scientific Ability Tests on 19th century French Literature at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, and obtained the title of Specialist in the area of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Translation) at ISCAP – Politécnico do Porto, with a professional paper entitled 'From text to text: considerations on the practice of literary translation'. She is currently adjunct professor at ISCAP, where she has taught various curricular units in the areas of Portuguese, Communication and Translation Theory since 2004. At the same time, she has been translating literary works by contemporary authors from French into Portuguese, published, among others, by Elsinore, Cavalo de Ferro, Dom Quixote and Casa das Letras. In addition to Languages, Literature and Translation, her research interests also include migration issues, the integration of migrants and the training of intercultural mediators.