Alexandra Inês Batista Pereira Margaça was born in Torres Vedras in 1968. She graduated in architecture from the Technical University of Lisbon in 1991. She holds a diploma in Graphic Design from AR.CO, Lisbon in 1989. She also has a diploma in Computer Drawing in 1990 and a diploma in Real Estate Appraisal from ESAI, School of Real Estate Activities, in 2012.
She collaborated with Nuno Mateus and José Mateus – ARX Portugal from 1991 to 1993. From 1993 to 1996, she worked with Raúl Hestnes Ferreira. She also worked with Broadway Malyan, architects, from 1996 to 2000. She collaborated with Plural, Planning and Urbanism on various projects.
Since 2000, she has been working independently in her professional career.