I was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Also studied in Switzerland (Geneva), England (London), United States (Providence) and Italy (Milan). Due to these international studies i speak fluently Portuguese, English, Italian, French and Spanish.

I graduated in Industrial Design at Mackenzie University in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Obtained a Master’s Degree in Industrial Design (MID) at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), in Providence, RI, USA. In Brazil I worked as a designer at prestigious Sao Paulo design firms.

In 1981 opened my own firm with my husband Bruno Roberto Padovano – working with industrial and graphic design. She taught industrial design since 1981 in different universities and was the Coordinator of the School of Industrial Design and Fashion Design till 2006 at FAAP – Foundation Armando Alvares Penteado until 2006.

Currently is the general manager of the firm e-DAU. She is a member of BUDS - Brazilian Urban Designers For Sustainability (DUBAI, UAE, 2009), a multidisciplinary team of designers, architects and urban designers.

In 2007 she created the brand Eccentrica developing a line of fine jewellery and jewellery in gold and silver besides working in silk painting, acrylic painting in canvas, photography and fine arts.

She has a blog were she writes articles on design in general and develops a research focusing perfumes scents, their design bottles and packaging, owning a collection of vintage and contemporary items of the kind. She publishes articles on design and sustainability and is currently working on a book on contemporary design.

I am currently working with illustrations for CDs, books and video clips.