Graduated (1996), Master (2003) and PhD (2018) in Law, she is Assistant Professor in the Legal Sciences Group at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, having taught Civil Procedural Law subjects. She is the author of more than three dozen publications, most notably A função punitiva da responsabilidade civil (2006). She is a member of the Scientific Council of the Union International des Huissiers de Justice (https://www.uihj.com/), of the Editorial Committee of the journal Propriedades Intelectuais, of the Portuguese Institute of Civil Procedure and the Research Centre for Private Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, also participating in the activities of the Institute of Legal and Political Sciences of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (http://www.icjp.pt/).
She has held several public positions, namely President of the Commission for the Effectiveness of Executions, to which she was unanimously elected (2009/2012); jurist at the Securities Market Commission (CMVM) since 2002, having represented the CMVM in several national and international forums; Deputy Secretary of State and Local Administration of the XVII Constitutional Government (2005/2009); advisor to the Deputy Secretary of State of the Minister of Justice of the XIV Constitutional Government (2000/2002), having participated in several legislative reform projects to simplify public administration and to further procedural simplification.
Between 1996 and 2000 she was a lawyer, having requested the suspension of her registration in April 2000 to take on the role of advisor to a member of the Government.
She is currently President of the National Comission for Data Protection.