She was born in Lisbon on April 25th, 1946 and lived in Mozambique between the ages of 2 and 17. She graduated in architecture at the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon and specialized in Planning at the University College in London. Motivated by the influence of the environment on health and wellness, she deepened her studies of Feng Shui in Macau, China and Japan, and of Electromagnetics in France.
