Education
She graduated with a high degree in French, the French Modern Literature, the Alliance Française and English at the British Institude.
She graduated with a high degree in French, the French Modern Literature, the Alliance Française and English at the British Institude.
Although she lived for many years in Portugal, she is associated with the Claridade movement of Cape Verdean writers. She was one of the founders of Suplemento Cultural, a literary review. Her work appears in Across the Atlantic: An Anthology of Cape Verdean Literature, edited by Maria M. Ellen.
A poem, "Barcos," is available online.
She is a granddaughter of José Lopes, one of the greatest poets in Cape Verde. Her poem Barcos can be found on the Civil Defense Poesia de Cabo Verde e Sete Poemas de Sebastião da Gama by Afonso Dias.