It was in Lisbon that Tânia Nicole started her fashion education at Magestil Professional School, having later attended a specialization in Fashion Production at ETIC. With the intention of entering higher education, she moved to Porto to attend the degree in Fashion Design at ESAD Matosinhos, as well as the Masters in Product-Fashion. During her training she won the award for best female coordinator in the 10th edition of AcrobActic and 1st place in the European competition of Young Designers ACTE in Italy. In 2016 she won the FASHIONCLASH award, which led her to present the award-winning collection in Maastricht in the Netherlands.