She received the opportunity to become a singer, and she recorded morna songs at Rádio Clube do Mindelo studios.
The singer had also worked in specials with her cousin Cesária at Hotel Porto Grande, at the time the largest in the city of Mindelo.
After recording her album, she began acting in some states in Belgium, Ivory Coast, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal and Senegal.
[3] Hermínia da Cruz Fortes was considered one of the greatest interpreters of music in the archipelago.
Hermínia showed her only album Coraçon (Heart), which was arranged by Voginha.