She was born in Tondela, but it was in Porto that she experienced some of the best moments of her life. Her passion for health led her to apply for the Integrated Master in Bioengineering at FEUP, a course that ended in 2017. During the course she did an internship at Gran Cruz (in the optimization of tartaric acid analysis), at Frulact (in the formulation of fruit with functional ingredients) and in Milan, Italy, (in the production of bioplastics from waste water) where she lived during the Erasmus Program. She completed his Master’s Thesis at Mendes Gonçalves, a company where she works since 2017 and where she is responsible for the optimization of Bioprocesses. Rita is a driving lover and her great ambition is to one day manage an efficient, happy and fulfilled work team.