
She is Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Lisbon.
She is also currently a member of the United Nations International Law Commission and senior legal adviser at the portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She was legal adviser in the Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union in Brussels.
She has a law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, and did her masters and doctorate in International Law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.