Patricia Valerio

I kind say one thing about me: I am a very busy mind! They used to call me encyclopedia, later they call me wiki... "You know everything" it's a quote that I am tired off. Why? Because I never know enough. I already studied Education at UP (1998) - Universidade do Porto, Microbiology at UCP (2002) and Sciences of Education (2013) at UL. In between I studied abroad at Mid Sweden University (2000) and Università di Bologna (2014/2015) and I’m not done yet!
Professionally I always worked (hard)! From washing dishes, to selling shoes, IT equipment and marketing services. My ability to manage and train teams stood up. I worked at Menarini, an important name of Pharmaceutical Industry as a CRM, and get expertized in cardiovascular diseases, as Hypertension and heart failure. At Portugal Telecom, leading a B2B team, I got familiar with different markets and communication and IT solutions.

I am a perfectionist, organized and focused. Persistent and resilient, when I got unemployed I founded a community - WTF Shoes. I write regularly, in English and Portuguese. I am know a regular presence at national fashion weeks, and I know everything about the Portuguese fashion industry, and footwear industry in particular. The designers and manufacturers know my name and my work. I became a researcher, I feel I've always been a researcher. Now I am on my way to a PHd, which includes footwear industry, education, training and assessment, converging in inclusion, intercultural paths and local development.

Can’t leave without cooking, music, reading, traveling and art. I am building myself constantly.