Sociologist, with a Master's degree in Sociology - European Construction and Social Change in Portugal/ FLUP/2006. Researcher at IS-UP- Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto/ FLUP, TEPO research subgroup: Work, employment, professions and organizations. PhD student and research fellow at FCT and IS-UP – REFª UI/BD/150781/2020. Her doctoral thesis is being developed around the theme “Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights” (Dec. 2020 – Nov. 2024). She has developed her professional activity primarily in the area of social research, in university research centers ; in the area of training/education coordination and development and in research and project offices, predominantly in the social and solidarity economy sector. She is part of the group of researchers at Smelnetwork-Lusophone network of sociology, management and economics (partnership between the University of Porto / FLUP and the Federal University of Minas Gerais / Brazil); from SIIS – Systems of Interaction and Social Innovation, from the Instituto Superior de Engenharia of the University of Porto and from RIPEDES – International Educational Research Network for Sociocommunity Development, from the Portucalense University/Porto.