Maria Teresa de Carvalho Moreira Gomes Leão. She completed her PhD in Tourism at the University of Aveiro (Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism) on 2022/07/22. She is a researcher at CEPESE - Center for Population, Economy and Society Studies. Since starting her PhD (2019 to the present), she has published several scientific articles in journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, in the field of Tourism. She organized the Medieval History Congress in Terras de Santa Maria in 2001, in collaboration with Universidade Portucalense and with the support of Santa Maria da Feira City Council. She actively collaborated in the design and implementation of market studies on the event: Medieval Journey in the Lands of Santa Maria. She completed her PhD in Educational Sciences in 2006/06/01 at the University of Aveiro, in its Department of Education and Psychology. She completed a Master's degree in Education Administration and Planning in 1996/04/19 at the Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique and a degree in Historical Sciences in 1990/01/11 at the same university. She is a coordinating professor at ISVOUGA (Marketing, Public Relations and Human Resources courses), where she was director between November 1996 and July 2019. She is a collaborator with the Ministry of Education in external evaluation interventions with primary and secondary school groups. She was a lecturer at Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique (Psychosociology of Organizations in the 2nd cycle of studies) and at IPAM (Communication), on an accumulated basis. She worked in banking between 1984 and 1996 (BPA/Millennium BCP), the last 5 years in the Marketing Department.Between 1991 and 1996, she was a trainer in Communication, Public Relations and Marketing modules at Valor Humano, SA.