Ana Costa e Silva has a degree in Nutrition Sciences from the Fernando Pessoa University in Porto (2016-2020). During the last year of her degree, she had the opportunity to do an internship at the Food, Nutrition and Dietetics Service of Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto (SCMP), as well as at the Nutrition Department of the Cerebral Palsy Association of Guimarães (APCG).

In 2021, she did her internship for access to the Order of Nutritionists at Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira – Guimarães (HSOG), and became a full member of the Order of Nutritionists in March 2022. In the same year, she took a Master’s Degree in Clinical Nutrition at the Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences of the University of Porto (FCNAUP).

In 2023, she accepted the challenge of working in the area of Community Nutrition and Public Health in a project promoted by the National Plan for Balanced and Sustainable Food (PNAES), launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

Her love of working with and for children, combined with her interest in research, brought her to ProChild CoLAB where she currently works as a Nutritionist in the Health and Well-being area.