I am an Art Historian (Ph.D. 2005) and a Researcher at the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra. My primary focus lies in the art and architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries, specializing in the painting of «quadratura», that is, large-scale frescoes or mural paintings of architecture following the rules of perspective. My research extends to Italian, Iberian, Brazilian, and Atlantic cross-cultural artistic exchanges. My specialization allowed me to broader my research to the fields of set design and theater architecture. In 2019-2020, I co-led the project «1719-2019: Filippo Juvarra, Domenico Scarlatti e o papel das mulheres na promoção da ópera e do teatro em Portugal» funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. This project unveiled the crucial role of Queen Maria Ana of Austria in promoting Italian opera in 18th-century Portugal, providing new insights into artistic dynamics. In 2020, I authored the book «O projeto de D. João V. Lisboa ocidental, Mafra e o urbanismo cenográfico de Filippo Juvarra» rethinking the history of art and architecture and reconstructing, in 3D, the projects for Lisbon by Italian architect Filippo Juvarra. Additionally, in 2021, I co-edited the collective book «Filippo Juvarra, Domenico Scarlatti e il ruolo delle donne nella promozione dell'opera in Portogallo», emphasizing the often-overlooked role of women in the Portuguese artistic and architectural renewal. My new vision clashes with established scientific knowledge and the public mainstream on these issues. For this reason, I became progressively aware of the potential of as yet unknown protagonists. So, my research has expanded to consider the importance as artistic patrons and agents of people of African birth or descent who lived in early modern Portugal (enslaved, freed, or free). Currently, I am engaged in an individual project titled «Early-modern art and architecture, Atlantic slave trade and cross-cultural dynamics. The case of African Portugal between heritage and the politics of recognition» (2019-2025), which was awarded first in the FCT concourse (CEECIND). Between 2018-2021, I was a research member of the European project "ECHOES European Colonial Heritage Modalities in Entangled Cities" (H2020-SC6-ENG-GLOBALLY-2017). I was also Steering Committee's coordinator for the European project "Bahia 16-19. Salvador da Bahia: American, European and African forging of a colonial capital city" (2012-2016) (PIRSES-GA-2012-318988). Furthermore, my interdisciplinary background is evident in my degree in flute (1989) from the Conservatory of my hometown in Italy. I taught the history of music (1989-1998) in Italy, played in chamber groups, and worked as a freelance journalist specializing in art and culture. Additionally, I was an activist for Amnesty International - Italian Section for two decades (1985-2005). As citizen, I am engaged in promoting Human Rights and advocating for broadening access to art and culture for all. In 2017, in collaboration with historian Hugo Ribeiro da Silva (University of Porto), we produced five videos for Portuguese secondary schools on the History of Black Slavery in the early-modern Portuguese empire titled «O Atlântico dos Outros». I have collaborated as a co-author on the script for a docufilm highlighting the women's role in 18th-century Portuguese music and arts, that was awarded first by the Portuguese television RTP in 2020.