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.

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.

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!

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...