PhD in Sociology from ISCTE-IUL, in 2014, with a scholarship from FCT. She has been a professor at the Autonomous University of Lisbon (UAL) since 1996, as an Associate Professor. Director of the Department of Communication Sciences and coordinator of the Master's in Applied Communication, integrated researcher at LabCom – Communication and Arts (Communication & Media Research Group) and collaborating researcher at the Communication and Society Studies Center of the University of Minho (Media and Journalism Research Group), associate researcher at OBSERVARE – UAL and coordinating researcher at NIP-C@M – UAL (Research Center in Media Practices and Skills).
He has been developing research in media and digital literacy, media and digital consumption, and their relationship with citizenship practices.
She was a journalist, trainer at CENJOR and communications, image and cultural programmer advisor.