She has been responsible for the coordination of news programs such as “Terra Alerta” and “Economia Verde”, in SIC Notícias, SIC’s news channel. She started her career in Público, a national daily newspaper, in 1991. Carla has a degree in Social Communication from Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and a pos-graduation in Environmental Sciences and Technologies from Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. In 2014, Carla received the National Environment Award, awarded by the Portuguese Confederation of Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (CPADA).