 She went to song classes with Maria do Rosário Coelho and was a member of Banda do Casaco in the 1970s.She took her artistic name from a song by this group, called ""Romance de Branca Flor"".She was an idol to Portuguese children in the 1970s and 1980s as the conductor, with Júlio Isidro, and the singer of the soundtrack, of the TV program "Fungagá da Bicharada".