International PhD in "Education in the Knowledge Society" at the University of Salamanca (Spain).
Degree in Social Education from the Higher School of Education of Santarém (Portugal) and the University of Vigo (Spain).
President of RIPE50 + (World Network of Educational Projects for over 50 years)
Founding President of RUTIS (Association Network of Universities of the Third Age) since 2005.
Coordinator of several european projects
Associate professor with the title of "Specialist in Gerontology", in Polytechnics Institutes of Bragança and Santarém