Cruz Nonata da Silva (born August 18, 1974) is a Brazilian long distance runner.

She gained two silver medals at the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico.

[2] She gained her reputation at the 2011 Pan American Games where 42 nations competed at locations around Guadalajara in Mexico.

At the same event she also competed in the 5,000 metre race taking second place behind local runner Marisol Romero.

[4] In 2013 she won the 8 km cross country race in 30:25 beating Nadia Rodriguez from Argentina by 25 seconds at the South American Cross Country Championships in Concordia.