Nilza de Sena
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21 November 1976
Nilza de Sena | |
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| Member of the Assembly of the Republic | |
| In office 20 June 2011 – 24 October 2019 | |
| Constituency | Coimbra (2011–2015) Beja (2015–2019) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nilza Marília Mouzinho de Sena 21 November 1976 |
| Party |  Portuguese:Social Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Lisbon |
Nilza Marília Mouzinho de Sena (born 21 November 1976) is a Portuguese university professor. She was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal between 2011 and 2019, representing the Social Democratic Party (PSD), initially for the Coimbra constituency and then for Beja.
Nilza Marília Mouzinho de Sena has both Goan and Mozambican ancestry. She was born in Mozambique on 21 November 1976. Moving to Portugal, she graduated in 1998 in social communication at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences - ISCSP), formerly part of the Technical University of Lisbon and now part of the University of Lisbon. She completed a master's degree in political science at the same institution in 2001 and obtained a doctorate in social sciences, specialising in sociology, in 2007.[1][2][3]
Academic career
Sena is a professor at ISCSP. She teaches in the areas of political science and communication sciences at undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels. She was a member of the Scientific Council and the Pedagogical Council of ISCSP. She is also a member of the Associação Portuguesa de Ciências da Comunicação (Portuguese Association of Science and Communication – SOPCOM).[1][2][3][4]