My research training and experience started with a Licentiate degree in Psychology (5 years) with a Pre-specialization in Clinical and Health Psychology and a master's degree in Health Psychology at the University of Minho. Those experiences allowed me to take my first steps with a research monograph and a dissertation. During this period, I have done voluntary work with gifted children, participated in a conference scientific program, was awarded two Academic Merit Awards and published a paper and a conference paper. After my degree, I worked as a psychologist, organizing and carrying out workshops, and educational activities for children and youths. This allowed me to develop a sensitivity to work meticulousness with adolescent idiosyncrasies. Afterwards, I worked as a clinical software trainer in a multinational corporation, providing training to healthcare professionals in hospitals across Portugal and the United States of America, which allowed me to obtain an enriching international experience. Following my research interests, I completed a PhD at the University of Minho with the thesis "Health information sources and media health literacy: A study with Portuguese teenagers" in 2020, financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). During my Ph.D., I was also a research visitor at the University of Victoria, Canada and had the opportunity to collaborate with recognized professors in the fields of Health and Communication. This international experience allowed me to experience a different research environment and improve my research and scientific writing skills. Beyond my Ph.D. grant, I have been awarded two science and technology management grants. Besides allowing me to pursue my scientific interests and develop my research skills, these grants also provided me with important learning opportunities, such as the organization of scientific events and the completion of several applications for research funding. I was also awarded two research fellowships/grants and currently hold a post-doctoral fellowship at the Nova University of Lisbon. Since my Licentiate Degree, I had the opportunity to participate in several research projects, being a formal research member of two of them. In those projects, I have contributed to the literature review and the development of instruments, data collection through interviews, focus groups or surveys, qualitative or quantitative analysis, and manuscript writing. During the grants and projects, I published diverse peer-reviewed papers and conference articles, and two didactic activity guides (available on the Directorate of General Education website). Some of the results of my research work are currently being written and finalized or under peer revision in high-impact journals. Simultaneously, I am a journal editor in the health communication area and have been collaborating as a paper peer reviewer for five journals. Regarding scientific conferences and meetings, I performed numerous oral presentations and four poster presentations. I have also been an invited speaker for some events in the past and had the opportunity to provide some academic seminars. I was also invited to be interviewed to present some of my research contributions. Currently, I am an integrated research member at NOVA Institute of Communication (ICNOVA), and I am part of International Associations. My research experience is related to Health Literacy, Health Communication, Public Health, Health Psychology, Media Health Literacy and Adolescent Health.