Ana Lopes

Occupational Therapist licensed by the Alcoitão Higher School of Health. Holds a degree in Psychology from FPUL, with Advanced Specialization in Community Psychology from CRIAP. Training and clinical experience in Psychedelic and Ketamine Assisted Therapy from Liminal Minds, and in Psychedelic Integration from the Polaris Insight Center (USA).

She worked at ARIA – Associação de Reabilitação e Integração Ajuda, working with people with mental health problems and the homeless population. She has a background in Non-Formal Education and, since 2018, has been leading training programs in human rights and mental health. She was president of the NGO for Development GASNova (2018-2020) and a member of the general assembly of the LGBTI youth and support association rede ex aequo (2021).

Passionate about the arts, she has combined creation with activism. She launched the podcast Fala Quem Pod, featuring first-person accounts of mental health, and co-produced the miniseries Diversidades, a series of intergenerational conversations within the LGBTQIA+ community.