Brazilian-born American writer of mixed race, has a BA from Stanford University and an MFA in fiction from Columbia University. She has attended the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, Skidmore College, and the MFA program at San Francisco State University. Her stories and essays have appeared in various publications, including The Rio Grande Review, Litro Magazine (UK), Pacific Review, Arts and Letters, and Fiction Fix, where she won a Reader’s Circle Award and Editor’s Choice Award, as well as nominations to the Pushcart Prize and American Best Short Stories. Her novel "Burning Seasons," is forthcoming in Australia and the UK (2025). It was translated and published in France in 2023, under the title “Saisons des feux.” U.S. rights are still available.