ABOUT
BIO
ABOUT ME
In 1978, I was born in Lisbon, in a typical middle-class family, being the first daughter, and second child of two nurses. I was always an honour student, and a person of many interests, talents, and hobbies. I've earned several awards along my school years in creative writing, arts (drawing and painting), science projects, and foreign languages. Also, I've earned academic distinctions and awards for my outstanding academic performance. Reading, playing the guitar, and contemplating myself and the world was my way of living through my adolescence years. Later, I would apply that to my social studies.
In 1996, I became a Social Educator having worked in the next few years with children and young people from disadvantageous social backgrounds. I majored in Sociology in 2000, concluded an MSc and a PhD in Sociology in 2003 and 2008, and diverse post-graduation courses in Training, in Marketing, and in Management. In 2012 I returned to college as an undergraduate to major in Biology with a specialization in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology and a minor in Geology (2015). I went on to study Marine Sciences and Applied Microbiology at a postgraduate level (2016). In 2017 I started a third BSc degree, this time in Geology, having graduated in 2020. In 2021 I began a fourth bachelor’s degree in applied Math and Computation, that I'm soon finishing.
Wanting to build on my wide and long experience as a Data Analyst and Data Miner, I concluded a master’s in data science (2021) and have since specialized in different aspects of Data Science and Analytics. I currently pursue a master in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, and another in Data Engineering. After finishing those, I'm planning to start another master, this time in Mathematical Modelling and Machine Learning. I've already accepted an unconditional offer to do so. My final objective is to start and conclude a second PhD, in Artificial Intelligence (focusing on Machine Learning).
I have been teaching at a college level for 23 years, in Methodology, Quantitative Analysis, Marketing, Social and Managerial Sciences. In parallel, I had a corporate career in Human Resources, Marketing, and Marketing Research and Business Strategy, for more than a decade with specialization in the Pharmaceutical and Medical sectors. I did consultancy for diverse sectors, public and private clients, including the Portuguese and the Canadian government. In the last 3 years I have been working as a Data Analyst/ Scientist, a Data Team Lead and managing the development of data products and software applied to data projects development.
My artistic inclination has led me to design websites, something that I have been doing for professional and personal purposes for more than 20 years, now.
Professionally, I define myself first and foremost as an inter/multidisciplinary scientist/ researcher and technician. Also, as a Data/ Machine Learning lover and enthusiast. Today, my teaching concentrates on Methodology, Quantitative Analysis, General and Historical Sociology, Sociology of Knowledge, Science and Technology, Sociology of Professions, and Economic Sociology. My research spans across different disciplines: Sociology, Data Science, Microbiology, and Micropaleontology and is growingly evolving towards an integrative theoretical and methodologic approach. I am also a consultant in Medical Marketing, the recipient of several academic awards, and an author.
HOBBIES
INTERESTS
Having completed so far three Bachelor degrees in very distinct areas, and continuing to amplify and deepen my scientific curiosity and interest, I can say that studying is both a hobby and a career investment. Studying helps me grow as a person, an educator, and a scientist, but, in fact, is mostly something I do for fun.
Another main hobby of mine is invertebrate paleontology. I own a converted van (a campervan) and I travel extensively searching for fossils throughout Portugal. Complementing this interest I've been learning climbing, diving, and speleology. I love walking and exploring Nature.
I also play the guitar, compose, write in different styles and formats and draw. Webdesign, programming, and digital art are other of my interests. This website and several others, for example, is developed and managed by me.
Most of all I'm a curious and adventurous person who likes exploring herself and the world in as many ways as possible.
FACTS
FACTS ABOUT ME
- I'm a very humble and private person with few but great friends.
- I have an adolescent son that is passionate about mathematics, electronics, programming, and virtual reality.
- I love history and I prefer the past over the future. Some of us are old souls. I am.
- I'm an incredibly transparent and sincere person who literally says everything she feels. But always with empathy and sensitivity.
- I volunteer with the elderly and I'm always available to help anyone that needs me. Kindness is my religion.
- I have three cats and a dog and I foster for abused and abandoned animals.
- Hopefully, I will still be able to travel the world and live in different countries. I'm working towards it.
- I approach teaching as a blessing and I'm so very proud of having been a part of hundreds and hundreds of student's lives.
- I have found my long lost love after almost 25 and he is now my boyfriend. I love him like crazy and hope to spend the rest of my life with him.
