Catalina Fernández de Ana Portela is a biologist, expert in Mycology and founder of Hifas da Terra. She has built a life and business around the beneficial properties of medicinal mushrooms studying their composition and creating innovative products. It is her ambition to create awareness of the healing properties of mushrooms for our wellbeing. Her ongoing research further confirms these living organisms are powerful adaptogens capable of regulating the immune system and protecting the body from a wide variety of diseases and health issues.
Catalina has been presented with a number of awards for her remarkable work and visionary approach in creating biotech products of high added value from a natural resource: mushrooms.
