With a degree in Sociology since 2006, and a Masters in Labor Studies since 2011, Ana is now taking a PhD in Communications and Information at ISCTE-IUL. Between 2008 and 2011 she was an academic research assistant at CIES-IUL, having participated in investigation projects of various areas. Since 2012 begins to work for AMAEI - Independent Music Association, a non-profit professional association aiming to defend and promoting the Portuguese independent music labels and artists, and this professional involvement has allowed her to develop several projects with the objective of professionalizing and capacitating the nacional phonographic sector. Thus, in 2016 she began her PhD in Communication and Information Sciences, where she is developing a study on the transformation of the national music industry in the context of the digital age since the turn of the millennium, crossing the areas of communication and media with the study of cultural industries, particularly the music industries.