Born in 1952 at Portimão, where she studied at the high school being a self-made painter since she was very young. She also studied at Lisbon Sciences College and later on she finished the course of Tissues Arts at the Decorative Arts School Ant6nio Arroio. She is a member of SNBA (National Society of Fine Arts), of ANAP (National Association of Plastic Arts) and of AIAPS (Iberian Association of Plastic Artists and Similar Ones),
In 1984 she was a pupil of the French painter René Thellier, and the artist Carlos Lança was also her master, this one having had a great influence at her plastic expression. Nowadays she has the critical support of the painter Fernando Azevedo. Presently she lives of her native town, where she works at her atelier. She is art teacher in INICIARTE since 26 years, an art association founded by her. There are works of her all over the country and abroad. She exhibits regularly at galleries in Portugal, Germany(Bonn), Austria(Wien), and USA (Boston).
And many individual and collective exhibitions in
Albufeira, Aveiro, Beja, Coimbra, Évora, Faro, Lisboa, Lagos, Loulé, Porto, Portalegre, Portimão, Guimarães, Setúbal, Sintra, Silves, Santo Tirso, Sesimbra, Silves, Tavira, Viseu, Vila Real de Trás-os- Montes, Vilamoura, France (Angoulême), Spain (Barcelona), and JAPAN (Okinawa ).
She was awarded with: Honourable Mention- Santarém Drawings Contest (1985). Honourable Mention- Autum/86 Saloon- Santarém Regional Cultural Center (1986), Honourable Mention- 3rd Portarte Portimão. Trophy for Acrylic Technique- Tavares Correia Prize- Seia (1993). Honourable Mention- commemoration of the Firemen 600 Years (1 996). Tavira, 1rd Prize and Arcos de Valdevez, 2rd prize.