Natural do Porto, onde reside.

Professora Adjunta Universidade Politécnica de Coimbra - Escola Superior de Educação.

PhD em Gerontologia e Geriatria pela UA e UP.

Diretora da Licenciatura em Gerontologia, ESEC-UPC.

Investigadora colaboradora no  Centro de Investigação e Inovação em Educação (INED) e investigadora colaboradora do Centro de investigação RISE-Health: Rede de investigação em Saúde. Porto, Portugal

Born in Porto, where she currently resides, she is an Assistant Professor at the School of Education of the Polytechnic University of Coimbra.

Filipa holds a PhD in Gerontology and Geriatrics awarded jointly by the University of Aveiro and the University of Porto.

She is the Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Gerontology at the School of Education of the Polytechnic University of Coimbra.

She is a collaborating researcher at inED – Centre for Research and Innovation in Education and at RISE-Health – Health Research Network, Porto, Portugal.