The Team

Act, Agitate, and Speed Up – Teresa is an action professional! CEO of Territórios Criativos, with more than 5 years of experience in the management and dynamization of business incubators. Lecturer in the Executive Master in Tourism and Hospitality Management, in ISMAT. Teresa was executive director of Mafra & Ericeira Business Factory and consultant in the launch of Loures INOVA. Consultant, mentor and trainer in the business incubators StartUp Portimão and Alvaiázere+. Coordinator of the programs organized in partnership with Turismo de Portugal, under the Fostering Innovation in Tourism protocol: Tourism Up, Taste Up, and Net me Up. Responsible for the dynamization on international initiatives in Portuguese incubators: Get in The Ring, Startup Europe Week, Global Entrepreneurship Network, Ignite, etc. Co-author of published articles related with entrepreneurship. Speaker and moderator of several entrepreneurship related initiatives. Jury in dozens of entrepreneurship contests. Entrepreneur in the food sector. GEN Portugal delegate, the entrepreneurship platform, present in more than 170 countries worldwide.

The eagle’s vision in a sharp-witted coordinator! Project Coordinator at Territórios Criativos and coordinator of the business incubator Alvaiázere+. She’s also the coordinator of the entrepreneurship programs. Coordinated several projects and acceleration programs, such as Tourism Up, in partnership with Turismo de Portugal. Is responsible for the organization of several initiatives and training programs. Trainer and projects’ mentor – development and validation of business models. Worked as a salesperson at Chilli Beans.

Currently studying in the areas of Communication and Marketing, Maria accepted the challenge of joining the Territórios Criativos team and showing that she is a people person. She is considered a person who is motivated by communication, who is curious about the field of Marketing and who wants to discover more and more. Believes that we are constantly developing new skills and working on our evolution, both personally and professionally, and that is why she is always open to new challenges. Maria has a very strong connection with music and when she is focused, with her headphones, nothing around exists! Well-willed and prepared to grow and embrace projects, this (almost) Master of Social Networks! Maria is part of the management team of the Alvaiázere+ and Startup Barreiro incubators.

The Persons' Person! Degree in Human Resources Management at ISMAT and Master's in Pedagogy of eLearning at Universidade Aberta. The only sport he practices is the taste for learning. An “forever young” with a life dedicated to the associative movement (academic, sports, cultural), he was and still is president of several associations. He was a trainer for 15 years and then went on to other work activities, from vigilant to administrative and HR. He has already collaborated in some investigations as a High School teacher and also in the elaboration of articles on Open Educational Resources. He likes to organize events and feedback in order to improve his performance. He defines himself as a peaceful nonconformist and loves working with People!

Born and raised in Mozambique - Maputo, at the age of 19 Frederico Paulino moved to Portugal to start his academic career. Currently completing a degree in Human Resources Management, he believes that ambition and persistence are the fundamental keys to success, but it is only possible if we have faith in ourselves and our potential.<br /> With a smile on your face, it makes everything easier and if you manage to “contaminate” the other, we win the day, or sending memes. He is happy making others happy, he is a car fanatic and in his mind he is always playing a song. Without fear, he's curious to see how the job market works that so much talk and can't wait to show what he's worth.

Beatriz was undoubtedly born to communicate. Currently studying Sales and Marketing, she accepted the challenge of embarking on the adventure of joining the Creative Territories team without thinking twice. Focused, creative and always looking for new challenges, communication is her beach. She has a strong concern with Sustainability and making a difference wherever she goes. Seek a constant personal and professional evolution, always willing to learn the best that life will teach you. Beatriz considers herself a box of ideas, always ready to help and surprise.

Currently attending the Multimedia course, Luís considers himself an optimistic person, where his dreams go beyond his own obstacles. He is a person interested in learning, researching and helping. He loves the video editing business, but his big passion since he was little is playing the piano. He looks forward to a promising future, where he can exercise mainly what he likes most, multimedia, and where he can be happy and make other people happy. He accepted the challenge of joining the Territórios Criativos' team, ready to get his hands dirty and show off his multimedia skills.

Trainer not only of collaborators - but also of collaborative people! Raquel is a project manager at Territórios Criativos. She is a trainer with experience in the behavioral, interpersonal and corporate areas, having already done training in several companies. Has international experience in social intervention. She worked for several years with UPAJE - União para a Acção Cultural e Juvenil e Educativa, where she developed skills in the promotion of recreational activities for children from 6 to 18 years.

Maria, Territórios Criativos Consultant, is CEO and Co-Founder of Eat.Drink.Discover, a gastronomic tourism company, where she has the opportunity to work on her great passions: food, travel and people! She is a native of Lisbon, but her heart is of the world: she lived in Macau as a child, studied in the United States, spent seasons in Brazil and Mozambique and chose the Algarve for his home! She began her career in StartUp - in times when no one knew what a StartUp was - and was VP of Marketing and Operations of one of the first (and largest) SaaS in tourism in the United States. She joined Teia D'Impulsos, pro-bono, as a member of the enlarged board, 6 years ago, through the Vela Solidária Project, and saw the association move from a small idea of friends, to one of the largest Algarve associations, being responsible for managing about 27 projects in the most diverse areas. Later - after an adventure organizing the Lagos Food Fest, opened the Eat Drink Discover. Nowadays, with her company already well established in the market, she dedicates much of her time to organizing events to do consulting in Marketing and Strategic Management, focusing on startups and social projects.

Erik thought he was going to be an astrophysicist until he went to a startup competition and realised that the opportunities to create solutions in entrepreneurship were a little closer to home and a lot more useful to most people. After several years of experience, he also understood that the challenges were a lot harder! Erik is halfway through the Lisbon MBA, and is a believer in doing as much research as you can, but also in adapting your strategy every day to match the new information, experiences, and customers you are facing.

Considered the mother of the team, Jacinta is a fundamental support for the entire Creative Territories team! Mother of five of yours, adopted us all and there is no request that she not answer. Graduated in education and with extensive experience as an animator, coordinator and director of holiday camps, she traveled the country in search of new experiences, which for her was great, since one of her greatest passions is to travel! It's no accident that you lived in England for 13 years... Before joining us, she was a logistics coordinator at ACM - Associação Cristã da Mocidade, was responsible for logistics and economate at Algarexperience, made the secretariat for the magazine Intervention and was the manager of school programs. And when you can't travel? Give him a book for his hand, which makes his own journey...

Fábio, consultant of Territórios Criativos, has a degree in Marketing, Communication, Public Relations and Advertising from Universidade Europeia, and is graduated in Psychology of Organizations at ISPA.<br /> He completed his Master's degree in Digital Marketing at the Universidade Camilo José Cela, in Madrid, and has the Community Manager Certificate from the same institution. Already with 4 years of experience in incubation of startups and incubation of ideas and projects, he is partner of Endemic Marketing and Chimp Stickers; and is a Teacher at the Professional School - INETESE. For him, it's worth giving everything! Even the blood... literally.