I have been working with chocolate for 17 years; I am a chocolatier, chocolate maker, chocolate consultant/teacher, and farmers daughter. I travel through Latin America to work with cacao growers, chocolate makers, chocolatiers, and to teach indigenous women to make chocolate. I have worked with Zapotec women in Oaxaca, Maya women in Guatemala and Belize, and Ngäbe women in Panama. I also love sweets and create dessert menus for São Paulo restaurants.

I have traveled to 23 countries to study chocolate, cacao, and desserts; from boutique chocolatiers in Paris to isolated communities in the jungles of the Amazon, and I never stop wanting more.

I have a small chocolate factory in Brooklin, Sao Paulo, that produces the most awarded chocolate in Brazil. The goal is to highlight and introduce Brazilian flavors to the world.