Ângela is passionate about Permaculture and Ecological design and even more about Teaching, Learning and people. She's keen on gardening, soils, seeds, fungi, worms and decision-making/ community management tools and methods. Food preservation and cooking have always been part of her everyday life.

She has been a language teacher ( Portuguese, English and Spanish) since 2005 and started studying Permaculture in 2013 with Nuno Belchior, she has completed a PDC in 2015, at Biovilla, in Palmela and since then she facilitates courses related to Permaculture in Environmental Education Centers, schools, online, associations, etc.

She has also designed and implemented several urban projects in associations, schools and for smallholders.

In 2022, she completed the Permaculture Teacher Training Course with Graham Bell and Rakesh Rootsman Rak.

As part of her Teacher's Training she has collaborated with Sílvia Floresta, at Aldeia do Vale, teaching sessions in PDCs.

She has created a Permaculture school and aims to expand it and to teach PDCs and other related courses in Portugal, having a network of facilitators with whom to collaborate and articulate this process.