Isabel Soares is Professor of the School of Psychology at the University of Minho, and past-president (January 2013- January 2016). She received her doctoral degree from the University of Porto and joined the University of Minho in 1993. Her teaching activities include Developmental Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychopathology, and Attachment. She coordinates the Attachment & Parenting Research Group focused on the impact of adversity on child development and parenting. She is the President of the Board of ProChild Collaborative Laboratory - ProChild CoLAB - www.prochildcolab.pt