telling stories since 2012.

The year I shot my very first wedding and realized my career purpose but it all begins with my family’s camera in the early 2000’s when all I wanted was to take photos of every family event. Little didn’t I know that I would tell stories through the lenses all around the world.

I am from the beautiful country of Brazil and I moved to California in 2016. I am currently living the dream life in the golden state, working in a field that I am incredibly passionate about, and sharing this amazing life with the man that I love.

I am a very affectionate person (hello, I'm Brazilian. It's in my blood.) I love to make real and genuine connections with people, another reason why photography is my dream career.

Growing up with divorced parents, I've always dreamed of a family and a solid marriage. I honestly think that is what led me to be so passionate about weddings; because I've always wanted that sort of true love and fairy tale moment for myself. I thank God every day that dream came true. God is so good that not only did I get to live that dream, but I continue to witness and live that very same dream with my clients now. I feel very blessed.

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a dreamer, that what she was

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My story and how I ended up here

Since I was a kid I’ve had this feeling that I didn’t really belonged to where I was. Growing up in a 3rd world country and coming from a very poor family, I didn’t really get much access to the world  and great opportunities. But from all I’ve seen in the movies, I knew the world was bigger and that’s how the dream was installed in my heart when I was very young.

At 19yo I made the decision that I wanted to live abroad, get to know the world and give a better life to my family and unfortunately, I knew I wouldn’t be able to do so if I stayed in Brazil. A couple years later, I found the cheapest but still most safe way to come to USA to work and study and that’s how the dream became true. Little did I know all the obstacles I would encounter once I’d get here. The first one was the language. I couldn’t afford english classes so I studied all by myself watching Youtube videos. I learned enough to communicate at a beginner level but once I landed here, the fear took  over my body and for the first 24hrs I couldn’t understand a single word and all I wanted was to come back home.

As can you imagined, everything turned out just fine ( I still struggle with English sometimes) and I started my life as an immigrant in California on July of 2016. I got some bigger obstacles on the way such as getting out of my student program way earlier than I imagined, have had to ask for a bed to sleep, having my rent money stollen from my closet, being undocumented for a little bit over a year, jump from house cleaning jobs to selling bus tickets at Union square in San Francisco to make a living and  for months of my life I had no idea of how my next day would be. I just knew that being here was my only chance to change my life and change my family’s story.  Well, in 2017 I gave my life to Jesus and everything changed. I got hope, I got new friends, and all the pieces of my crazy puzzle started to get into the right places. I got a job as a nanny for an incredible family that until this day are very close to me and I have them as my American family. I met the love of my life and that’s when I realized, he was my biggest dream all along.

Life is being pretty good and I've been really blessed. I recently just paid for my sister's college and I'm so grateful for being able to do that for her and to show her and the young generations of my family that dreams can become true, that your reality doesn't have to hold us back and that we are capable of many many things. So thankful for what this job has provided for me and my family. My job has always been an extension of me, of my soul, of my gift and how God decided that I was going to serve… so it’s a pretty big deal to me that you’re taking your time to get to know me and that you’re willing to trust me in such a big moment of your life. That young girl knew that she was going to know the world but she couldn’t imagined all the amazing people she was going to share the journey with. Thank you!