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Margarida Benedito

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Margarida Benedito – a member of the Correia Rosa pharmacies team
Caldense and Rosa Pharmacies

Margarida Benedito

Margarida Benedito is a pharmacist at the Caldense and Rosa pharmacies.

As well as providing customer service, she is responsible for marketing and communications at the Correia Rosa pharmacies.

Hello, my name is Ana Margarida Benedito and I was born in Lisbon in March 1988.

I currently live in Peniche, but over the years I have lived in various places around the country. This has made me a resourceful person and has helped me make friends more easily.

When I decided to enrol at the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Lisbon, I had planned to go into research once I’d finished my master’s degree. However, after my placement in a community pharmacy, I realised that this was the path for me!

I have been working at Correia Rosa pharmacies since 2012, and right from the start I realised that I could expand my role beyond providing pharmaceutical advice over the counter.

That was when I discovered digital marketing – the perfect tool for taking our excellent customer service beyond the doors of our pharmacies. Today, as well as being a pharmacist, I’m in charge of communications and marketing for the Correia Rosa pharmacies.

At the moment, my free time is taken up with my children’s games and mischief. Apart from that, I enjoy walking by the sea, reading and spending quality time with friends.”

In a word I am...

Proactive

One word to describe why you enjoy working at Correia Rosa pharmacies...

Inovation

Interesting Facts About the Employee

Beach or countryside?

Beach

Prevention or treatment?

Health education

Football or Pilates?

Pilates

If you could solve one problem in the world, which one would you choose and why?

I would definitely improve access to basic healthcare and food in every country in the world.

A song that inspires you?

A book that made a lasting impression on you?

Jessamin Chan’s book *School for Good Mums* really moved me recently!

Has any experience in a pharmacy setting helped you become a better professional?

One day, I was at the Santa Catarina chemist’s on my own, which wasn’t something that usually happened. A customer turned up in a car, parked right outside the chemist’s and asked to be served without getting out of the car! I was taken aback by the request and thought to myself, ‘My colleagues are spoiling the customers!’ When I approached the car to help him, I realised he was paraplegic, as there was a wheelchair in the back seat. I felt ashamed and learnt that we shouldn’t assume we know the whole story when we’ve only seen the trailer!

Has there been an experience in your life that has left a lasting impression on you?

Being a mother has been (and still is) the experience that has had the greatest impact on me, because of the lessons I learn every day. However, my daughter’s pregnancy was a turning point in my life.