Umbelina Neto served as the Secretary General of the UNESCO National Commission in São Tomé and Príncipe from 1990 to 1999.
In 2007, she obtained a PhD in history from the Aix-Marseille University[1] with a dissertation on the socio-economics of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1853 to 1903.[2]
She was the regional secretary for social and institutional affairs in the regional government of the island of Príncipe from 2010 to 2012.