Psychologist and Ph.D. in Psychology of Justice. Senior Technical Advisor to the Board of the Portuguese Association for Victim Support. Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto. Researcher at the CIJ - Interdisciplinary Research Center on Justice at the same faculty. Her research and intervention interests have been focused on the implementation and evaluation of violence prevention programs, risk assessment procedures for particularly vulnerable victims, and the definition of victim-centered and trauma-informed organizational approaches.