Adjunct Specialist Professor at the Department of Accounting and Finance of the School of Business Administration (ESCE) of the Setúbal Polytechnic Institute (IPS). PhD student in Management at the University of Évora, Master in Accounting and Finance at the IPS and Specialist Tiltle in Finance. PhD researcher at the Centre for Advanced Studies and Training in Management and Economics (CEFAGE) at the University of Évora. As a researcher, she mainly focuses on business management, finance, and accounting and has several published papers. Also, she has more than 20 years of professional experience in the private sector, in leadership positions, focusing on finance and accounting.