My Journey:

At 2, I’d sing in front of tens of strangers at karaoke bars in Sao Paulo. When I moved to Spain aged 8, I was bullied so heavily that my stage confidence was completely shattered. I stopped singing in public, but kept doing so every day after school. I began piano and guitar lessons, and little by little, my confidence improved.

As a teenager, I’d fill hard drives with cover songs. It was my hobby after school, to record covers I might one day post (but never did) – I was too embarrassed and scared of judgement. I participated on a couple talent shows in school, but my voice would always crack from fear.

At 18, I moved to London for university and started performing at student showcases. It was insanely scary, but the feedback made me keep going. I branched out and started gigging in pubs in London!

After graduating, I kept writing original songs and performing in bars, but I’d never perform my originals, still too scared of others’ opinions. I began a corporate job, training to be a lawyer, and joined the choir at my firm. I became more comfortable with performing, but still too scared of social media.

In 2023, things changed, I started a social media account that amassed 50k followers within 7 days. I would talk about the daily life of a Brazilian in London, and I started adding nuggets of music, snippets of covers. The positivity made me more confident, and I started producing my first song with my cousin.

In 2024, I officially qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales, and I finally had the courage to release my first original song!

That same year, my cousin asked me to perform at his wedding, where I sang in front of 400 people — my biggest audience to date — and it was one of the most surreal, emotional, affirming moments of my life. And then something even more unexpected happened: through music, I met a Grammy-nominated producer in LA, and we started working on an album together.

I’ve always dreamed of being a singer, but I also fell in love with law. Why choose only one career? Boxing people is such common practice that we forget to think outside the box.