Cristina Palmeirão, is an Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia and an External Expert in the Support Service for Education  Improvement (Serviço de Apoio à Melhoria da Educação – SAME) of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She earned her PhD from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto, in 2008. She is responsible for the "Territories of Education and Priority Intervention TEIP - northern zone" and is a consultant in several Schools.