Historian and PhD candidate in Modern and Contemporary History, FCT doctoral research fellow, and integrated researcher at the Centre for International Studies (CEI-Iscte). Her research focuses on the international role of European Christian Democracy in the Portuguese democratization process (1974-1976), including research and archival work at several European institutions. She is a guest lecturer at ISCTE. She holds a Master's degree in Political Science and International Relations from FCSH-UNL (awarded the 2024 FLAD Political Science Award) and a Bachelor's degree in History from FLUC.