She grew up in Macau until the mid-1990s, where she studied photography before moving to Lisbon, where she graduated in Film School (ESTC) in 2001, speciali- zing in editing and directing. In 2006, she completed the course at Ateliers Varan, the cinéma vérité school, which became a decisive influence on her work. Her films have been screened and awarded at various festivals, such as Locarno, Rotterdam, FIDMarseille, Seminci, Zinebi, Poppoli, among others. She is co-foun- der of the production company Terratreme Films, a collective platform created in 2008 in Lisbon, where she develops her work as a filmmaker, alongside with producing other director’s projects on different stages of creation. Her filmography includes titles such as ‘Bu- lakna’ (2025), which premiered at the FIDMarseille and won the Alchemies Grand Prize at Seminci.