With a background in the Engineering field, nail design began as an hobby. What was just an hobby soon became a passion, with going abroad to learn and to get the best education and training, with some of the best nail technicians in the industry. In 2013, after joining the company Catherine Nail Collection GmbH, Catherine Portugal was born, and in 2014, after becoming International Nail Trainer, graduated by the German Company, Catherine Spain was born too, becoming the export partner in this 2 countries. With several participations as a judge, in 2015 I became an certified INJA judge, serving as judge since then in Nailympion Spain, Italy and South Korea and Genebra. Nail strutucture is my passion, that is why the constant learning it is an necessary must , in order to do what I love most: to teach better techniques and principles,so that the nail industry can grow bigger with the best professionals and , of course, with the best quality available.