She was born in Deskati, Grevena. She studied psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and graduated in 1993. She has been trained in Person-Centered approach and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She has also trained in the treatment and social rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents and in the planning of psychosocial support for victims of trafficking on a national and international level. She holds a MSc Degree in Organizational and Economic Psychology from the Panteion University and is a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology, also at the Panteion University.
She worked as a psychologist in 2005 in adaptation and housing centers for people with disabilities and mental disorders. She was a member of a trans-European committee with the goal to investigate training and autonomous living programs of people with disabilities in Austria, France and Germany and their implementation in Greece.
From 2006 until today, she has been working as a psychologist at her private practice. At the same time, from 2009 until now, she has been a member of the teaching team of the Course in Clinical Psychopathology "Panagiotis Oulis" of the First Department of Psychiatry of the University of Athens and the University Research Institute of Mental Health (EPIPSY).