Deborah da Cunha Estima
PhD Student
Deborah da Cunha Estima is carrying out her PhD studies in Tourism in the University of Aveiro, in collaboration with CIBIO-InBIO/University of Azores. With a MSc Degree in Tourism Management and Development, by the University of Aveiro, Deborah now holds a PhD scholarship from the Regional Science Fund of the Regional Azorean Government. She has post-graduations in Tropical Coastal Environments Management (UFPE), Entrepreneurial Tourism Management (Integrated Faculties of Recife), and Data Analises and Information Management (UAc), and has worked as a researcher in the Project “Azores Green Islands Tourism" (2010-2011), funded by the MIT-Portugal, and hosted by the University of Azores and ARENA. From 2004 to 2006, Deborah has been the director of the NGO "Instituto Recifes Costeiros", and CFO of the projects ""Coral Vivo", "Monitoramento dos Recifes de Coral do Brasil - Reef Check" and "Centro de Interpretação Ambiental Recifes Costeiros" in Brazil.