Filipa Pinto

Pinto was born on 29 May 1971 in Valongo.^[1][2] She grew up in the village of Sobrado [pt].^[3] She has a Bachelor's degree in teaching Portuguese-English from the University of Minho (1993).^[1][2]

After graduating Pinto was an intern in Caldas das Taipas before moving to Lisbon where she taught in São João da Talha and Loures.^[4] She has taught at the Escola Secundária in Lousada since 1996.^[2] She also taught at the Instituto de Línguas – APAR in Penafiel, preparing students for the Cambridge Exams.^[2] She is also an advisor at the National Education Council [pt].^[1][5]

Pinto entered politics in 2019 when she unsuccessfully contested the 2019 European Parliament election as an independent candidate on LIVRE's list.^[6][7] She later joined LIVRE and is a member of the party's Contact Group, the party's executive body.^[3] She was a candidate for LIVRE at the 2022 legislative election in Porto but the party failed to win any seats in the constituency.^[8] She was a candidate for LIVRE at the 2024 legislative election in Porto but the party only won one seat in the constituency.^[9][10] She was a candidate for LIVRE at the 2024 European Parliament election but the party failed to win any seats.^[6][11] She temporarily replaced Jorge Pinto in the Assembly of the Republic between October 2024 and January 2025 whilst he was on paternity leave.^[12][13] She was elected at the 2025 legislative election.^[14][15]