Invited professor at University of Aveiro. PhD in Tourism and Sufficiency Researcher in "New Features and Sustainability in Tourism" from the University of Salamanca (Spain), Degree in Management from the International University of Lisbon. Coordinator of the “Network Heritage and Tourism project – Atlantic Villages”, an integrated model of local Coastal Tourism Development in Rural Areas in the Central Region of Portugal. She is a researcher from the research group on coastal areas of the University of Aveiro and a member of the research unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy (GOVCOPP).