I completed my master’s degree in biotechnology (2015-2017), and my bachelor's degree in biochemistry (2015), both at Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI). I am a Ph.D. Student at Health Sciences Faculty (FCS) – UBI. I have been working as a genetics researcher since 2018, first in the field of Breast Cancer until 2021, and since 2023 in MODY diabetes. In 2019, I worked as a researcher on an FCT-funded project. I organized the patients’ database for the project, conducted and interpreted biostatistics data analysis, and was involved in the scientific communication of the results. During the heyday of the Pandemic (2020-2021), I worked as a diagnostic analyst for SARS-CoV-2 at the University Hospital Center of Cova da Beira. Currently, I am a Senior Technician in a national, multicenter, pilot project for Personalized Medicine (Ref: Centro-01-0145-FEDER-000019). As a MODY diabetes researcher, I am still working in the area of Medical and Health Sciences with an emphasis on Clinical and Basic Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Human Genetics, and Gene-based Diagnostics. I also have technical and practical knowledge in Technologies Involving the Manipulation of Cells and have since my master’s degree engaged in scientific dissemination through publishing papers and communications, both in orals and posters, either as first author or as co-author. I have published four papers in journals, have two book chapters, organized, participated in four events, and received two awards. I have also aided several master’s degree and Erasmus students, having co-supervised two other master’s degree dissertations, thus proving my engagement in the development of science, equally as a researcher and as a supportive role for other researchers.