Ana Raquel Simões (female) holds a Ph.D. in Language Didactics and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education and Psychology of University of Aveiro. She has participated in multiple projects in the domains of plurilingualism, intercultural education and intercomprehension, namely the projects Galapro, Redinter, Miriadi and currently Koinos (coordination of the national team). She has experience in projects involving different stakeholders, namely schools, being also the pedagogical and scientific supervisor of several trainee teachers.