Licenced in Dental Medicine in 2006 at the Health Sciences Institute of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP). In 2010, completed the Masters Degree in Public Health at the Medical School of the University of Porto and in 2015 the PhD degree in Biomedicine at the Beira Interior University.
Assistant Professor at the Health Sciences Institute of the UCP and Clinical Director of the Dental University Clinic of the UCP. Responsible for the knowledge field of Community Oral Health at the Health Sciences Institute of UCP and responsible for the Oral Health for All Lab at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health (CIIS).