Ana Sanchez is a plant biologist turned science communicator. She is currently vice-dean at ITQB NOVA, a research institution in biological sciences and one of the nine units of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. Before, Ana served as Member of the Board of the Portuguese science funding agency, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2016-2019). Since 2011, she co-directs the Master in Science Communication at NOVA, which has the daily radio program “90 segundos de ciencia” as its most important spin off.