She is a professor of philosophical ethics in education, psychology and health at the Department of Education and Psychology of the University of Aveiro (Portugal). She has a degree in Philosophy, a Master's degree in Epistemology and Theory of Knowledge from the Catholic University of Braga and a PhD in Philosophy of Education from the University of Aveiro. She has participated and coordinated various educational and philosophical projects, author of several publications (books, book chapters and journals), member of scientific committees and editor in chief of several foreign journals mainly in the field of education as well as guest editor of many scientific books. She was a member of the Regional Fund for Science and Technology assessment panel of the Azores, as well as member of the International Review Panel of the HERA for Humanities (Netherlands), member of the FCT Education Scoreboard of Portugal and member of the Ethics and Deontology Council of the University of Aveiro. Presently, she is the erasmus Mobility Coordinator of the Department of Education and Psychology of the University of Aveiro.