 I decided to do my PhD mostly because I studied political science and I've always worked with rural development and slowly I started working only with irrigation and water projects and at some point I felt that I was lacking a bit the knowledge on water itself so I decided to start a PhD to deepen my knowledge on water and get more of the hint of the interdisciplinarity around water issues and also I thought that a PhD is a really amazing opportunity to research just what you are passionate about and without too much responsibility other than that. When I finished my Masters I was awarded a Carlos Schmidt Scholarship for doing a traineeship in UNESCO in the regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean in the International Hydrological Program. So I was acquainted with the water family of UNESCO and one of these like main centers at the moment was IUG and I got super interested in the work of IUG. I found out a lot of information about my promoter and the work environment in IUG and that the Netherlands is a power when it comes to water research in the world so I decided to give it a shot and it turned out well. My PhD research is part of a bigger project called the UDW project, the Urbanizing Deltas of the World in Maputo. So we are working mainly with a wastewater treatment plant and the water reclamation for the other uses to kind of balance out the demand of freshwater in Maputo in Mozambique. So what I'm doing is trying to establish the relationships in changing water qualities in the valley where the wastewater treatment plant is located and the social relations of production of the small scale farmers in the area, more particularly to female farmers. After I finished the PhD I wish I could go back to the development world and try to work in a development agency with the knowledge that I got during my PhD also be able to talk back to the technical world and the international cooperation. Well, if I could give a message to someone who's thinking about starting the PhD I think I would say like inform yourself and be sure that that is what you want to do because a PhD is a lot of responsibility and it's a huge commitment and you really need to like your topic and be sure that you like your team and that you're going to enjoy doing it because you have to do it for four years.