Journalist and Professor. PhD in Information Sciences, in the area of Journalism and Media Studies at Fernando Pessoa University - UFP (Portugal - 2020), with the thesis entitled "Research on Journalism in Undergraduate Studies: thematic inventory, methodological categorization, difficulties of researchers in the conclusion works and search for solutions for Portugal and Brazil (RS)". Master's degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS (Brazil - 2001) having been approved with distinction with the dissertation "Strategies of newsworthiness in Radio Journalism: case study in Radiojournalistic Radios". Journalist graduated from UNISINOS (1992). She was a teacher for 17 years at UNISINOS, where she also worked as a radio internship supervisor at the Experimental Communication Agency and coordinator of the Distance Learning center. She is currently a professor at UFP, in Porto, where she has lived since 2017. Totaling the teaching in 129 curricular units with 28 different themes. It has a total of 79 supervisions for course completion work in the 1st cycle. Participated in others 97 1st cycle juries and 5 3rd clycle juries. She is a reviewer for scientific journals. She worked for more than eight years in AM and FM Radio stations in Brazil as a producer, reporter and editor. She has worked as a journalist in websites, newspapers and print magazines and as a press officer. She produces the podcast of the Compose Worlds Project: Humanities, well-being and health. Her areas of expertise are "radio", "journalism teaching", "research methodology". Speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian.