Born in 1982 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Graduated in Sociology with a major in Social Politics at Minho University, and obtained a Postgraduate Degree in Marketing and Communication. She studied at the Music Conservatory of Madeira for 3 years. She was a Member of the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic on the Committee on Economics and Public Works and on the Committee on European Affairs since 2011. From 2008 to 2011, she was a Communication and Marketing Consultant at Porto Bay Hotels & Resorts. She has been President of the Casa da Madeira Association in Lisbon since 2014. MEP since 2014.