PhD Research Fellow in Tourism in the Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism at the University of Aveiro, with a non-academic FCT scholarship (Ubiwhere) since 2024. Student member of the Research Unit of Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP). Holds a master's degree in Tourism Management and Planning (2018) at the University of Aveiro. Until 2023, was a research fellow on the Gândara TourSensations Project at the University of Aveiro (a project funded by Turismo de Portugal and promoted by the municipalities of Vagos, Mira, and Cantanhede). Her research interests include Blockchain technology in tourism sector, DAOs, rehabilitation of vernacular architecture for tourism activities, etc.