She was born in 1976 in Lisboa, Portugal, and graduated in Media Sciences at the College of Social and Human Sciences of the New University of Lisbon. She directed six episodes of the “Inter-Europa” serial and the feature-films “Um Olho Para Ver, Outro Para Sentir” (2001), “Naquele Bairro” (2002), and “Estrela da Tarde” (2004). In 2004 she directed a 28 minute documentary about an opera staging course called “Na Pele do Urso”.