Marisa graduated in 2008 from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, in Portugal, after completing an Integrated Master’s in Veterinary Medicine, joining the FMV’s Teaching Hospital team in the same year as a member of the Small Animal Medicine and the Veterinary Blood Bank services. In 2013, on the pursuit for a future residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine, Marisa moved to the UK and started a rotating Small Animal Internship at Vets Now Referrals in Swindon, enrolling afterwards in a Small Animal Rotating Junior Clinical Training Scholarship at the Hospital for Small Animals, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh. In March 2015, Marisa started a Senior Clinical Training Scholarship in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the R(D)SVS and obtained her specialist diploma from the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Companion Animals (Internal Medicine) in March 2018. A Master's of Science by Research in Clinical Veterinary Sciences, at the R(D)SVS and the Roslin Institute, followed afterwards and was completed in March 2019 with Distinction. Marisa has then joined the University of Bristol, from April to July 2019, as a Teaching Fellow in Small Animal Medicine, within the Langford Vets Small Animal Referral Hospital. Since August 2019, Marisa has re-joined the R(D)SVS, as an ECAT (Edinburgh Clinical Academic Track) Veterinary Clinical Lecturer, starting her ECAT-Plus/Wellcome Trust PhD Training Fellowship for Clinicians in August 2020 with the Stuart Forbes Research Group.