She studied economics and she went to Portugal to take her doctorate in Socio-economic Development at the University of Lisbon.
She has worked for decades on issues related to finance and public policies.
[3] In February 2010, she was signing letters of intent with the International Monetary Fund to commit to conditions that would allow her country to have additional financial assistance.
[4] On 2015, she became a Senior Economist (consultant) at the Central Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe (BCSTP).
[1] In 2002 she published her book, Os desafios do desenvolvimento socioeconómico nos microestados insulares, in Portuguese, that looked at the challenges facing micro-states.