She was born in Portalegre in 1977. She is a professor at the University of Lisbon School of Arts and Humanities. She was Beaufort visiting scholar at St John's College at the University of Cambridge in 2017. She wrote «The Ordeals of Interpretation» (IUC, 2020), «The Unteaching of Art (in press)», and co-edits the poetry and review website Flower Games. She began researching adoption a few years ago and decided to share what she learned in this book and on the www.adoptareacolher.pt website