I started my storytelling career at 4 and ran my own “newspaper”. It wasn’t much about the news, as you can guess. It featured what I imagined as the day-to-day life of the cats in my neighbourhood, the struggles between strays and pets.

In school, I was the short girl at the back of the classroom, writing stories when I should have been listening to my teacher.

Thanks to this strategy, I completed a young adult novel when I was 13, consulting psychologists and lawyers, turning my classmates into beta readers. It has never seen the light of day, and, probably, it never will.

But it encouraged me to send my stories to the world. One was published in an anthology. And another was awarded second place in a competition.

Thankfully, despite the amount of time I spent writing in class, my grades remained good enough to get me into university. In Brazil, we don’t have creative writing degrees, so I chose to pursue a BSc. in Communications with a major in Journalism.

Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, I developed an early appreciation for the power of storytelling and its role in business. I guess this is why, later on, I ended up with an MBA in Marketing.

For many years, fiction wasn’t part of my life. The closest I got to writing fiction was when a non-profit organisation asked me to write a historical book celebrating its 40th anniversary.

The research involved four years of interviews and document analysis. To fill the expected gaps, missing pieces of information lost over decades, I wrote the book “O Farol” as if it were a memoir. The organisation became a real person telling her own story. I guess that was my fiction writing calling, sneaking in.

In 2010, I left Brazil for a sabbatical in Ireland, a land of so many talented authors and Nobel Prize winners in Literature. My desire to write fiction returned with all its power, and I joined the Irish Writers Centre’s New Irish Communities group.

There, I met aspiring and published writers with English as their second language. It gave me the incentive I needed to get back into writing. Eventually, my sabbatical turned into a permanent residence, followed by Irish citizenship.

Why should you contract my services?

1 – You’ll have a comprehensive skill set at your disposal: public relations, journalism, search engine optimisation (SEO), data analysis, project management, and user experience.

2 – I only take on a limited number of clients so that I can fully dedicate myself to their projects.

3 – Despite being an independent contractor, you’ll see me as part of your team, and we will succeed together.

4 – This isn’t a side gig for me. I’ve been a full-time sole trader since 2015.

5 – I don’t outsource any step of my process, except the proofreading of long pieces occasionally.

6 –  I am aware that you know more about your goals, business and customers than I do. I am happy to take on board your guidelines and suggestions. Still, I believe you expect me to advise you accordingly. I’ll let you know if your ideas might have an undesired impact.