In Portugal, she was Vice-President of the Camões Institute. Consultant for International Relations at the Presidency of the Republic, Director of Information and Press Services at the MNE. Secretary of Embassy in the State Protocol Services and in the European Services Directorate. Deputy Representative at the Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union. Ambassador of Portugal to Estonia. Deputy Permanent Representative at the Portuguese Delegation to UNESCO in Paris. Representative of Portugal to the Latin Union. Consul of Portugal in Curitiba. Embassy Secretary at the Portuguese Embassy in Washington. She served in the European External Action Service as Ambassador of the European Union for Brazil, and for Colombia and Ecuador. Secretary of State for European Affairs of the XXI Constitutional Government. Was Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations in New York.