Raquel Cardoso has a PhD in Feminist Studies from FLUC-CES – Faculty of Arts and Center for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra – approved with Distinction and Praise unanimously, in 2020. She has also a Master's degree in Anglo-American Studies from FLUC (1997), and a degree in Modern Languages and Literature (Portuguese and English Studies), in the Pedagogical Branch, from the same faculty (1992). She is Postgraduate in Modern English and American Literature from University College Dublin, Ireland (1993). Adjunct Professor at Coimbra Business School, Polytechnic of Coimbra, where, since 1996, she teaches various English language subjects (Business English and Technical English in the areas of Management, Accounting, Finance, among others) and Portuguese Language (Oral and Written Communication Techniques). Throughout her career, she was awarded by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and British Council scholarship to attend the course “Britain in Context: Studies in Literature, History, Culture 1900-1992” at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland – Scottish Universities' International Summer School (July – August 1992); by the Erasmus program to attend the MA in Modern English and American Literature, University College Dublin, Ireland (1992-1993); by FCT master's scholarship (FLUC, 1996) and was awarded the "1996 American Club of Lisbon Award for Academic Merit" by FLAD – Luso-American Development Foundation and Fulbright – Luso-American Educational Commission – which allowed her to carry out research studies at Harvard University, United States. As a Higher Education teacher, she was also an Erasmus+ scholarship holder in Czech Republic (2008) and within PrimeNetWorking, she has coordinated projects with international teams: Finland (2009), Germany (2023) and Sweden (2024). During her academic and professional career, she was a member of several technical-scientific bodies, including the Pedagogical Council, Technical-Scientific Council and the Electoral Commission for the Election of the President of the IPC and, since April 2022, he has been a member of the ISCAC Council. In 2023, she was appointed Coordinator of the Languages and Secretariat Area at Coimbra Business School | ISCAC and invited to join the Commission for Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Polytechnic of Coimbra 2023-2025. She is the author of several publications in conferences, books and scientific journals. Critical discourse analysis and Gender, Feminist and Women Studies are her current areas of research.