UNIVERSITY OF PARIS-SORBONNE - PARIS IV, Paris - France
B.A. in foreign languages, specialisation in economics and translation English and Portuguese. (1993)
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, Edinburgh - United Kingdom
Licentiate of Integrated European Studies , Management Dept: Marketing, Human Resources and Health Economics (1993)
I.S.I.T. (Institute of Interpreting and Translation), Paris - France
Conference interpreting in consecutive and exchange programme with Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, for translation and interpreting (1995)
UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, Braga, Portugal
Postgraduate course in Conference interpreting, under the supervision of the European Commission (1996)

Freelance conference interpreter based in Lisbon, working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other Ministries, Parliament, Council of Europe, WHO-Afro and ILO, the private sector and technical meetings.

Consultant-Interpreter for the following firms and institutions: Merck, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Portuguese presidency of the EU – 2007.

Member of AIIC since 2000, regional secretary for Portugal 2003-2006 .