Speech and Language Therapist, post-graduated in Early Childhood Intervention, PhD in Child Studies – Special Needs. Coordinator of the Fluency Department of the Portuguese Society of Speech Therapy, since 2013. Adjunct Professor of the School of Health Sciences – Polytechnic of Leiria (2014-2021) and Adjunct Professor of the School of Health Sciences – Polytechnic of Porto (2021-2022). Coordinator of the Department of Health Sciences and Technologies - Polytechnic of Leiria (2016 – 2020). Author of scientific papers and coauthor of books and book chapters.