Iris M. Oliveira is a Master’s Degree in Educational and School Psychology by the University of Minho, Portugal. She is currently a Doctoral student of Applied Psychology, in the research unit Learning and Achievement and in the research line Career Development and Counseling, at the same institution. She is conducting a dissertation on childhood career development under the main supervision of Professor Maria do Céu Taveira, from the same institution. She has performed a six-month international research internship under the supervision of Professor Erik Porfeli at the Northeast Ohio Medical University, USA, has collaborated in Portuguese research projects related to career development, educational psychology and neurosciences, and has performed an internship as an educational and school psychologist at a public school in northern Portugal. She has participated in national and international conferences, has published several conference proceedings and a book chapter, and counts with two journal articles in press. Her research interests focus on career development and counseling, academic development, psychological assessment, and application of quantitative research methods and data analyses in these fields.