Medeiros was born in Vienna, Austria, where her father António Victorino de Almeida was a conductor, while her mother Maria Armanda Esteves was a journalist.

PS parliamentary leader Francisco Assis said of the matter "On a scale of zero to 100 of the main problems in this country [with zero as the highest], this subject must come 300th".

[8] She won a second term in 2021, ahead of the former three-term Communist mayor of nearby Setúbal, Maria das Dores Meira.

[9] In late 2022, the Almada local government led by Medeiros began the demolition of the Bairro do Segundo Torrão, a shanty town in Trafaria inhabited mainly by immigrants.

[10] The deadline for leaving before demolition was 30 September; houses collapsed into the drainage ditch due to heavy rains on 20 October.