Laurinda Alves has a degree in Social Communication by the UNL, she worked as a columnist in Publico newspaper for 12 years and is currently a columnist in the Observador newspaper. Journalist, interviewer, TV host, blogger and radio analyst, Laurinda Alves is also the author of 8 chronicle and short-story books. She was the Manager of Dialogue Cafe, at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and she created and directed XIS Magazine. She teaches Communication, Leadership and Ethics at Nova School of Business and Economics since 2013.
Other areas of expertise: She completed ISEP (Social Entrepreneurship course) at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, 2009. She was a candidate to the European Parliament in the last elections and is a volunteer in a palliative care unit since September, 2007.