Elga Ferreira holds a PhD in Creative Technologies (2010) from the London School of Film, Media and Design, London, England. In 2002 she completed a Master Degree in Multimedia at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Catholic University of Portugal) in Porto. She has been lecturing Multimedia Design at ESAD ¿ Escola Superior de Arte e Design in Caldas da Rainha since 2000 (she did not teach between 2004 e 2008) and between 2010 and 2015 at IADE ¿ Creative University in Lisbon. She is coordinator of the Master in Design for Health and Wellbeing at ESAD ¿ School of Art and Design of Caldas da Rainha. This master's degree is pioneering and unique at national level in this area of studies and presents an innovative study plan as it integrates a programmatic contents that crosses the domain of design, with knowledge of the areas of life sciences and engineering. She is a member of the coordinating committee and an integrated member of the Research Unit of LIDA ¿Research Laboratory in Design and Arts. Her research interests focus on the exploration of design in the area of health and well-being with the aim of promoting the quality of life of citizens and reducing inequalities. Between 2008 and 2012 she was a founding partner and interaction designer at the company NearInteraction. This company was created with the support of European Program NEOTEC ("finances technology-based companies that require (...¿) knowledge developed from research activity") and was specialised in developing interactive solutions with a strong focus on experimentation resorting to emerging computing technologies (multi-touch, gestural interfaces, and apps for mobile devices) to create interactive communication. In 2002 she was awarded the Ernesto Sousa Scholarship granted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Luso-American Foundation for Development. In 2006 she was granted the SPEED Scholarship, Higher Education Funding Council England, UK.