Fabiana's paternal grandmother always worked in the family's home, washing and selling clothes to sustain her son's studies, who would become one of the most well-known interpreters of samba-enredo in São Paulo's carnaval scene.
Soon after her birth, her family moved into the home of her maternal grandmother, Amélia Chiesa Cozza, in the Vila Madalena neighborhood of São Paulo.
The home has since become a major center for her father's samba de roda sessions, with his colleagues coming from the Barra Funda neighborhood to play.
[2][9] During her second and third year of secondary school, she took classes at Colégio Equipe, where she met professor José Maria Giroldo, who came to teach mathematics to her through music.
These experiences may have inspired her to become student council president in 8th grade as a way to defend her friends who, from 13 and 14 years old onward, had to work in order to have food on their tables, and with whom most of whom were Black and racially mixed, as she was.
Singing improved her health substantially, due to, as she said "traversing much deeper emotional issues, and when it echoes, it frees my body from these pains in my soul.
During her performances, she had the honor to work with people such as Ivan Lins, Paulinho da Viola, Elton Medeiros [pt], Leila Pinheiro, Hermeto Pascoal, and Chico César.
[9] During this time, she continued her technical training with professors Sira Milani, Maúde Salazar, Vânia Pajares, Felipe Abreu, and Davide Rocca.
[5] Cozza worked at a bar called "Ó do Borogodó" to little success, until she encountered a journalist from Folha de São Paulo, Luís Nassif [pt], in October 2003.
[11] After a season with great success, Cozza left Ó do Borogodó to produce her debut studio album, “O Samba É Meu Dom" (2004).
[12] The year after, Cozza launched the DVD version of “Quando o Céu Clarear”, the result of her practicing contemporary dance and with direction made in conjunction with Jorge Balbyns.
[12] Later on, her 2011 album, “Fabiana Cozza”, with production and direction by Paulão Sete Cordas [pt] and André Santos,[9] brought her her first Prêmio da Música Brasileira for “Best Samba Singer" in 2012.
[13] After giving tribute to some of the great composers of samba in her first three albums, she made her fourth project an ode exclusively to Clara Nunes.
Performing with special guests such as Maria Bethânia in “Alguém me Avisou” and Péricles in “Adeus Timidez”, the album homages in the highest terms one of the most acclaimed names in samba tupiniquim.
Released in 2020, the album has a soundtrack characterized by its percussions and bass, along with lyrics that capture the resistance of Black people in Brazil and gives voice to Cozza's struggles and faith.
[9] Cozza, while still widely considered a famous samba singer, also has always desired to expand beyond Brazil to be in contact with other Black people throughout Latin America[2] This came into fruition through “Ay, Amor!” (2015), a piece of musical theatre in homage to the Cuban pianist Bola de Nieve, made in conjunction with Pepe Cisneros.
[5] Along with this, she has been expanding her presence at music festivals in other parts of the world, such as Israel, Germany, France, Canada, the United States, Bulgaria, Chile, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Cuba, Mozambique, and Cape Verde.
As an extension of her work, she also developed studies and orientations for singers, actors, and people interested in discovering their artistic expression through their voice, with the “O Corpo da Voz" organization.