Born in 1957, social service graduation in 1981.

Social service and social politics master degree, by Pontificie Universidade Católica of San Paulo (1995).

Assistant teacher in ISSSP (Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto).

Director in Accção Social do Centro Distrital de Segurança Social do Porto.

Several works, publications and participations in active and research projects about poverty, social exclusion, social policies and ethnicities: “A cigarra e a formiga: contributos para a reflexão sobre o intrusamento da minoria étnica cigana na sociedade portuguesa” (2000); “Minoria étnica cigana- Processos explícitos e ocultos de inclusão/exclusão social (2003);

Research and active projects about: Mediation Spaces for Inclusion; social exclusion, strategy and dynamics for social inclusion, between many others.