Paula Lourenço.

Experience and education

Paula Lourenço was born in Angola on 18 May. She holds a degree in Educational Sciences from the University of Madeira and attended programmes in Cultural Management and Fine Arts.

She trained in Journalism, Television Directing and Production, Voice and Posture Techniques, Scheduling and Television Editing at the RTP Training Centre in Lisbon. She is a certified trainer and has NLP training from DTIM.

A career in communication

She gained 24 years of experience at RTP as a journalist, news presenter, reporter, and director and producer of news, cultural and entertainment programmes. She also worked at RDP and 88.8 JMFM radio.

She was Deputy Director of Programming at Angola Public Television from 2003 to 2008. She produced work for Edicarte, the 500th Anniversary of Funchal and Marítimo TV, and directed stage and entertainment productions for Endemol Shine in Johannesburg from 2014 to 2016.

Training and knowledge-sharing

Until 2022, she delivered workplace training at the naminhaterra channel, particularly for television presenters and directors. She has led public speaking, customer service and communication courses at Escola da APEL, companies, and public and private institutions.

She has spoken at the University of Madeira, FNAC, Bertrand, DSEAM, municipalities and schools. She trained at the Madeira Conservatory School of the Arts and Artemotion, collaborated with Escola da APEL, and spoke at the first TEDx Funchal.

She currently focuses on Communication and Presentation training for companies, educational institutions and individuals.