Beatriz Amélia Alves de Sousa Oliveira Basto da Silva was born in Anadia, Portugal in 1944 and majored in history at the University of Coimbra with the thesis of Historiografia - o Conceito de História em António Caetano do Amaral (in Portuguese).

Integrated, upon invitation from the Macau Government, to the Territorial Commission for the Portuguese Discoveries Commemoration.

Belonged to various Macau Associations, such as the Associação Para a Instrução dos Macaenses (APIM), Santa Casa da Misericórdia and "Asianostra/ Estudo de Culturas".

Was also consultant in the TV Documentary Series "O Ocidente no Oriente", produced by Macau TDM.

Silva also nurtures an artistic facet which led her to attend a painting training for 8 years, concluded later in Paris, with the sponsorship of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, aside from her studies of piano at Coimbra and Porto Music School.