PhD in Linguistics (specialization area in Text and Discourse Linguistics) from NOVA University Lisbon. She is a researcher at CLUNL and a member of the Grammar & Text Group. Prioritizing the theoretical and epistemological framework of Sociodiscursive Interactionism, she has developed research focused on the description and didatization of text genres. Currently, she is teacher and tutor at Universidade Aberta (Introdução aos Estudos Linguísticos e Técnicas de Expressão e Comunicação I) and a teacher of Portuguese language at Escola Profissional de Artes, Tecnologias e Desporto.