Health and wellbeing specialist

• Jan 2022 - Present

Clinical Nutritionist

• Oct 2018 - Present

Project officer/Nutritionist

• Sep 2017 - Dec 2021

Food education project funded by the Ministry of Health of Portugal and Portugal Social Innovation Programme. Creation of the Regional Observatory of Food Security of Algarve (Food security monitoring) and the food education campaign "Prato Certo. Choose your plate wisely! ". A multidisciplinary team – involving social sciences, nutrition, gastronomy and communication experts – developed an action kit to allow caretakers, and educational and social stakeholders to foster events on awareness and food empowerment among their target population. Development of an educational kit which includes a cookbook, an inspiring video and a food education book to organize and guide food empowerment activities. Moreover, it includes a dynamic and educational platform where it is possible to find all these materials and other features aimed to promote healthy and affordable meals, based on the principles of the Mediterranean diet pattern. This project is implemented among 13 municipalities of Algarve with the goal to support them in the improvement of their local food strategies.

Clinical Nutritionist

• Oct 2017 - Feb 2020

Nutrition assessment to employees. Nutrition assessment to employees.

Clinical Nutritionist

• Mar 2016 - Mar 2019

Health Club's Nutrition Service coordination. Food assessments and recommendations to members. Clinical and sports nutrition appointments for members and athletes. Workshops and food education activities related to healthy eating and lifestyle. Coordination of two curricular internship students (Nutrition Sciences' Degree). Health Club's Nutrition Service coordination. Food assessments and recommendations to members. Clinical and sports nutrition appointments for members and athletes. Workshops and food education activities related to healthy eating and lifestyle. Coordination of two curricular internship students (Nutrition Sciences' Degree).

Nutritionist and research assistant

• Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

Research assistant and nutritionist in Sintra Grows Healthy project. Sintra Grows Healthy is a community-participatory intervention project for the promotion of healthy lifestyles in the school context (6-10 years) promoted by the Municipality of Sintra. Co-creation of extra-curriculum activities related to healthy and sustainable eating, "farm to fork" food cycle, cultural and social aspects of food - "Health on the Table" Classes. Teacher and facilitator of Primary School Food Education classes (extracurricular context). Creation of healthy snacks policy intervention and zero food waste project.