The Director of Fundação Oriente in India has a MA in Media Studies from the Catholic University of Lisbon and MA in European Cultural Policy Management from the University of Warwick , UK. She has been working in the field of communication and Culture for the last 16 years. Before joining Fundação Oriente in Goa, she was an adviser to the Portuguese Minister of Economy in the field of Contemporary arts and Tourism and Director of Communication of the Portuguese Tourism Board in Spain. She lives in Goa for the last 6 years with her husband and two children.