Teresa Pina is a guest assistant professor for the Master's in Disability Studies and Human Rights, at the Department of Political Science and Public Policies at ISCTE-IUL (Lisbon Universitary Institut). She graduated in Law (Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon) and she has a master's degree in Human Rights (School of Law/Birkbeck College, University of London) and a PhD in Public Policies from ISCTE-IUL. She has collaborated with several human rights organizations and in Portugal, she directed the Portuguese section of Amnesty International.