Born in Lisbon. There is the ESBAL painting course and the SCGP engraving course. She participated in some group exhibitions in Portugal and abroad, namely in the main engraving biennials, having been distinguished with several awards. His extremely personalized painting, with a striking plastic quality, rightly and without a shadow of a doubt assures him of a place in the history of Portuguese art. With exceptional technical firmness in mastering her craft and in the personal mark she always leaves on her canvases, Lourdes Leite never allowed herself to be absorbed by any temporal and inconsequential “fads”.