Surfing Coach since 2006. Occupational Therapist since 1999. Manager of Social Projects in Ericeira Surf Clube. Director of Health/Social Integration Core of the NGO SOS Save the Surf. Promoter of social activities with children with special needs and in poor neighborhoods. Adaptive Surfing course director and Para-surfing classifier. Autor of several articles of "Surfing as a therapeutic technique". Technical consultant for the Portuguese Association of Adapted Surfing. Former Regional Chairman of Bodyboarding in the Madeira Island Sports Association. Managing Partner of the Surf Clube da Madeira –Madeira Surf school.