Ambassador of Portugal to the Holy See<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She graduated with a degree in history from the Classical University of Lisbon in 1983. She obtained a Master\u2019s degree in International Relations from the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After working as a secondary school teacher, she joined the diplomatic service and held the following posts: Attach\u00e9, Secretariat of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (16 February 1990); Deputy in the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (5 November 1991); Third Secretary at the Embassy and subsequently Deputy to the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Cooperation (1992); at the Secretariat of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (21 April 1993); at the Mission to the United Nations, New York (4 September 1995); First Embassy Secretary (2 March 1998); at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (8 August 2000); Head of Division, Directorate for South and Central American Affairs, Directorate-General for Bilateral Relations (1 September 2000); Acting Head, Directorate for South and Central American Affairs (June to September 2001); Chair, Commission for Equality and Women\u2019s Rights, Office of the Prime Minister (18 September 2002); Consul-General in Toronto (2 November 2005); Embassy Counsellor (21 June 2006); Consul-General in Newark (25 August 2009); Minister Plenipotentiary, 2nd Class (27 December 2012); Ambassador to Poland (28 September 2013); Minister Plenipotentiary, 1st Class (27 December 2015); Ambassador to Mozambique, accredited to Mauritius, the Seychelles, Eswatini and Tanzania (22 September 2016); Diplomatic Adviser to the President (9 March 2021); Ambassador (16 December 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n