Archaeologist, PhD in Modern and Contemporary History - Politics, Culture, Citizenship Culture (2017/Iscte). Integrated Researcher at CIES-Iscte, within the OPAC (Portuguese Observatory of Cultural Activities), developing interdisciplinary and research-action projects on cultural strategic planning and cultural mapping, focusing on Cultural Heritage. Her research focuses on collaborative and participatory models in Cultural heritage, with first works on heritage defence associations and post-doctoral research in participatory governance in cultural heritage. This expertise has been applied in innovative projects in the cultural heritage field, such as the IMNP (National Monuments Enquiry), to the date the only systematic data collection project on CH fruition and access in Portugal, and also in Horizon 2020 projet WORTH (P.I.). Heritage activist.