Her father, Ernesto de Melo e Castro, is a poet, professor and textile engineer (Bradford, United Kingdom) who earned a doctorate in literature from the University of São Paulo, and her mother Maria Alberta Menéres, was a writer.
Her grandfather, a chemical engineer, was a noted entrepreneur in the important textiles industrial sector of Covilhã.
Her first contact with the professional music scene came through collaborative works for José Afonso, Vitorino and Sérgio Godinho, among others.
Eugénia studied and lived in different locations during her teen years, and when she was 21, already divorced and mother of a girl, she went to Brazil to pursue her desire of being a singer-songwriter.
In 2018 he releases MAR VIRTUAL, piano and voice, with Emilio Mendonça, dedicated to the work of his father, putting to music experimental poems, and concrete poetry.