After del Castilho obtained her diploma from the Algemene Middelbare School she chose to study agriculture at the Anton de Kom University in Paramaribo.

In 2010 del Castilho obtained her Master of Arts degree in Contemporary Diplomacy, summa cum laude, from the University of Malta.

After this first job del Castilho also worked for NGO's as a trainer/consultant charged with capacity building of grassroots organisations.

In 2006 del Castilho was nominated as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary with posting Jakarta, Indonesia.

[2] For the 2020 Surinamese general election del Castilho was the party list leader for Paramaribo.