Manuela Crespo, born in 1961 in Lisbon, is a neurologist at the SAMS hospital, but has had a longstanding interest in art, particularly illustration and printmaking. She began her artistic journey in 2000, attending theoretical courses on "Introduction to Art History," "20th Century Art History," and "Portuguese Art History" at the Portuguese Society of Fine Arts. She completed the drawing and color course at the same institution, under the guidance of sculptor Quintino Sebastião (2002 to 2006). She also attended the first year of the painting course at the SNBA with Painter Paiva Raposo (2007). Additionally, she participated in an illustration workshop with illustrator Richard Câmara at FBAUL (2008) and completed the illustration course at SNBA with illustrator Evelina Oliveira (2009). Since 2004, she has been exhibiting her work individually and is also the author and illustrator of children's books such as "O Papão Papanjo" (Âmbar, 2008); "O Abecedário dos nomes. Histórias sem pés nem cabeça" (Verso da Kapa, 2008); "O Imaginão" (Âmbar, 2009). Since 2015, she has been continuously training in printmaking at the "Contraprova" workshop, under the guidance of Joanna Latka, Susana Romão, Daniella Crespi, and Cristiana Fernandes.