Although Ana Teresa Gaspar was born and raised in Brazil, she has Portuguese citizenship. She holds a chemical engineering degree from the State University of Maringá, Brazil, an M.A. in chemical engineering and a Ph.D. in petroleum sciences and engineering both from the University of Campinas, Brazil. Currently, she´s also a student of English <> Brazilian Portuguese translation. 

She works as a researcher at UNISIM, Research Group in Reservoir Simulation and Management, since 2007, working on decision analysis in E&P projects, reservoir simulation and optimization of petroleum exploitation strategies.

She is Portuguese mother tongue, loves English, French and Spanish. Her academic background has exposed her to a variety of writing projects including authorship and co-authorship of several journal articles and paper conferences, preparation of technical reports and peer review for the Elsevier Journals.

​Ana’s fascination with languages combined with an extensive experience and qualifications in the Oil & Gas and R & D fields were instrumental in leading her to the translation world. She collaborates on translating and reviewing engineering reports and localizing documents for Solpe – Science and Petroleum Engineering Solutions.

Her fields of specialization include Business, Energy, Financial, IT, Legal and Marketing. As an intern at Modlingua her interests lie in the areas of Content Writing and Citizen Journalism, Project Management and Quality Standards, Social Media Marketing and CAT Tools.

She enjoys traveling and reading.  Ana also takes a French literature course at Alliance Française focusing on the work of Marcel Proust – À la recherche du temps perdu.