Ana Umbelino (PT)

She holds a Master degree in Sciences of Education, specialized in Adult Education, and a degree in Psychology, both from the Faculty of Psychology and Education of the University of Lisbon (FPCEUL) and she is doing the Doctorate in History of Education also from FPCEUL, in partnership with the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon.
At this moment, she works as Culture Deputy of Torres Vedras’ Town Hall, responsible for Culture, Social Affairs, Health and Habitation, Youth and Tourism. In 2006 she was Assistant to the President of Torres Vedras’ Town Hall. During this period she coordinated the Social Affairs, Health and Habitation Department. She’s a board member of Western Region Development Agency - ADRO, where she worked from January 2002 to the end of 2005, at the Centre for Recognizing, Validating and Certifying Competencies, recently renamed Centre for New Opportunities by the Ministry of Education. While she was involved with Adult Education/Formation, she participated as a speaker/educator in several seminars, conferences and educational actions directed to technicians, invited by the old National Adult Education and Training Agency (ANEFA) – Ministry of Education and Labour and Solidarity, by the General Administration of Vocational Training of the Ministry of Education and by the National Centre for the Training of Trainers of the Employment and Vocational Training Institute. During the 2003/2004 school year, working simultaneously at ADRO, she was a teacher of the Post-Graduation in Clinical and Health Psychology from ISLA – High Institute of Languages and Administration – Leiria.