Vera Patrícia Querido is the managing partner of VPQ Advogados, the Cape Verdean member of Morais Leitão Legal Circle.

She practiced law from 1996 to 2002, focusing on the areas of Criminal Law, Civil Law, Labour Law and Administrative Law.

Vera was a Senior Technician at the General Labour Inspection, namely as instructor of misdemeanours procedures, as well as at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, intervening in the transposition of Community Directives in the area of Safety and Health at Work and in the drafting of other legislation related to the same matter.

She was a Labour Inspector at the Authority for Working Conditions. As a Labour Inspector, she dealt with issues related to the legalization and social labor conditions of immigrants.

Vera Patrícia Querido was Deputy Ombudsman of the Republic of Cape Verde until September 2020. During her mandate she dealt with issues related to the entry and stay of foreign citizens in Cape Verde, collaborated with the Directorate of Foreigners and Borders, General Directorate of Immigration and maintained communication with the IOM office in Praia.