Cabilhas was born on 11 February 1997 in
Albergaria-a-Velha, a municipality in the
Aveiro District of Portugal. She obtained a degree in nutritional sciences (2019) and a master's degree in consumer sciences and nutrition (2023) from the
Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação da Universidade do Porto (FCNAUP). Her master's thesis was on the topic of "Healthy and sustainable eating behaviours in higher education students". In 2019, she was invited to join the board of the Porto Academic Federation (FAP), which is an umbrella body of 26 student associations in the
Porto area, being responsible for the areas of community, inclusion and health. From 2021 she served as the president of FAP, in which role one of her activities was to develop the
Academia 24 student residence, operated by FAP. She had previously been active in the FCNAUP student body as a member and president of the executive council and the pedagogical council. She then became a student representative on the general council of the University of Porto, the university's governing body, and is also a member of the general assembly board of the Portuguese Nutrition Association. From 2022 she became a member of the Conselho Nacional de Educação (National Education Council), an advisory body on educational matters. Cabilhas has been a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines, notably through a weekly column in the
Jornal de Notícias and in the
Sábado magazine. ==Political career==