Andreia​ has initiated her professional experience as an occupational therapist with children with mental handicap.

Since 2003, she has been working as an occupational therapist in the Rehabilitation Center of Alcoitão (Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação do Alcoitão) with persons with neurologic dysfunctions (due to CVA, TBI) as out patients and inpatients.

She has been a collaberator with the Occupational Therapy Department since 2008 as a clinical supervisor of ERASMUS students and as a lecturer of a seminar in cognitive rehabilitation.