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Alexandra Valencia Peris, graduated in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (2008), Primary School Education (2009) by University of Valencia and PhD in Physical Education and Sports by University of Valencia (2013). She currently works as a Senior Lecturer, attached to the Department of Physical Education, Arts and Music of the Universitat de València. She is a member of the research group Physical Activity, Education and Society since 2007. Her research focuses on the areas of Physical Education, the promotion of active lifestyles in the school environment and Physical Education Teacher Education. In these areas she has participated in local, national and internattional research projects, where she has collaborated in different functions: project management, field work, statistical analysis and dissemination of results. She is also a member of the Network of Formative and Shared Assesmment in Education since 2011 and the International Research Network on Physical Education and Healthy Lifestyle Promotion since 2019. She has carried out different research stays in John Moores University of Liverpool, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Universidad de Zaragoza, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha i Universitat Jaume I de Castelló.