Maria Coelho Rosa is a psychologist with basic training, having completed a pre-bologna master's degree in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology, in the area of prevention in Mental Health.
Her activity has been very focused on intervention and cooperation for development, which it wants to have a regenerative impact. Since 2012, she has been convinced that, for this to happen, everyone needs to be involved and collaborate. She is the founder and technical director of Between – partnerships 4 development. It has invested in the development of projects to promote civic participation and the well-being of individuals, which make it possible to give voice and train people to assume the role of facilitators of spaces for participation, through non-formal education programs and tools. She is particularly interested in the themes of participation and collaboration associated with the promotion of development, inclusion, mutual support and well-being.