Fátima de Jesus Cardoso dos Ramos Cassandra

Native of the Autonomous Region of Príncipe, born on October 3, 1979.

She completed her Pre-Primary and Primary Education at Paula Lavres Primary School and her Basic and Secondary Education at Padrão Secondary School and the former Cadeia School – now the Cultural Center of Príncipe. She completed her Secondary Education at the National High School in the capital city, São Tomé.

In 2013, she earned a Law degree from the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias in Lisbon.

She attended several professional training and capacity-building courses at the National School of Public Administration of Brazil (ENAP), including:

• Project Management Training;
• Leadership and People Management Training;
• Coaching Techniques Training;
• Performance and Productivity Evaluation Training;
• Human Resource Management Training by the ILO in Turin;
• Accounting, Asset Management, and Financial Reporting Training by the Brazilian Association of Public Budgeting (ABOP).

From 2005 to 2008, she worked at TV Cabo in Portugal as an Operational Technician in the Digitalization and Data Processing Department.

From 2013 to 2015, she worked as a lawyer at the "Olinda França e Advogados" law firm in Luanda, Angola.

From 2015 to 2019, she served as a Senior Verifier, 3rd Class, in the Customs Services and was a Law Teacher at the Secondary School in the Autonomous Region of Príncipe, where she remained until 2022.

From 2019 to 2020, she worked as a Legal Advisor to the Regional Secretariat for Economy.

From 2020 to 2022, she worked as a Senior Finance Officer in the Regional Finance Department, in the Asset Management sector.

In 2022, she was appointed Regional Secretary for Social Affairs and Human Capital in the VIII Government of the Autonomous Region of Príncipe.