CATARINA HOMEM
Coordinator of the first refugee reception program in Lisbon
PORTUGAL
She began her professional career working with children and adolescents in a local NGO located in an illegally established neighborhood on the outskirts of Lisbon, which has since been demolished.
She worked at the Lisbon City Council in the office of the Housing Councilor Helena Roseta (2008/2013) and the Social Rights Councilor João Afonso (2013/2017), where she had the opportunity to coordinate the first municipal program for the reception of refugees in Lisbon (PMAR-Lx).
Currently, she is part of the Project Team for the Healthy Neighborhoods Program under the Ministry of Health.
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