Ana Afonso

I was born in April, in the wonderful 80's! Sailed through school and college quite confidently. No major bumps to highlight there.

Started to work part-time for some pocket money at 16... and never stopped!

Early starting made me grow up to be passionate about work and about flying the flags of the organizations I work for & with. (It wouldn't make sense otherwise!)
Team player - have worked together with great teams (both in size and quality!)

Love to help find solutions and love to see things get done. I see myself as a team player, an easy learner, quick witted, organized, someone who loves to lend a hand and a lover of multi-cultural environments.

Presently, I'm helping the research and education communities by accompanying the National Network for Advanced Computing (RNCA) calls. Supporting Supercomputing and Artificial Intelligence in Portugal are two of the aims of this role!

I'm also working to help accelerating research, driving innovation & enriching education, whilst working within GN5 Project by the GÉANT Association. (more info: https://tinyurl.com/geant-project)

For 10 years I've beend developing communication work within FCCN - the Portuguese National Research and Education Network (NREN).

Before, I was lucky enough to work 8 years & 1/2 at a great company - Oracle - and there I became more acquainted with one of my passions: Marketing. At Oracle I worked as Marketing & Events Coordinator, as eMarketing Specialist and as Marketing Assistant.

Previous experiences were: - marketing assistant at a textile company and TV production assistance at a TV station.

I do love to work, but I wouldn’t be me without my family and the balance between my work, what I do, and them.

Interested in a wide range of things: technology & gadgets, writing, travelling, music (also here a wide range of styles, from indie to fado), going to the movies and theater, manual arts, outdoor activities, walking and playing with my pets, photography, blogging and being among my friends and fellow Scouts. Yeap, "Be Prepared!".

In 2012 I discovered a new hobby that is still today making my creativity and DIY skills grow heaps: I bought a sewing machine. :)

Professionally I want to keep learning and growing as a professional and as a person and I do believe I've the potential in me to allow it all in.

Learning is a lifelong working process!

Who knows if I can help and continue to learn&grow right beside YOU?