The holy spirit of poetry descended upon me at the age of twelve as I was trying to escape from the depressing world of sexual, physical and emotional abuse I faced while growing up in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The art of words led me to discover a world of pleasure, and passion. Through poetry I learned to see people, life and emotions in a more colorful way. I learned that I had the ability to transform pain into something alluring. I'm now a Literature teacher in order to better the only language that I feel comfortable using to express myself: English. I'm the author of The Modeling Guide for Every Body, a modeling guide written based on my experiences as a model and aimed to help young woman enter the modeling industry, and Marshal Sea, a poetry collection inspired by a love story that takes place in the Island of Santorini. My latest work, Seven Days, Twelve Months and a Year, is a poetry collection inspired on the Divine Comedy and is looking for a publishing house.