After wins at the Warandeloop and Lotto Cross Cup meeting in West Flanders, she ran at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships and although she finished sixth, she helped the Portuguese women top the team rankings. She closed the year with wins at the São Silvestre de Lisboa and São Silvestre da Amadora 10 km road races. In 2010, she was third at the Cinque Mulini and became the Portuguese cross country champion at the Almond Blossom Cross Country. She also won the national short course competition as well as the 1500 metres and 3000 metres national club titles. She did not manage to help the women's team for a second time at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships as she pulled out of the competition.