[1][2][3] She recorded her debut album Praia (Inner Circle Music, 2008) the same year she received a master's degree from the New England Conservatory.
[1] Her teachers included Danilo Pérez, Dominique Eade, and Ran Blake.
[1] Early in her career she performed with Greg Osby at the Vanguard in New York City.
[4] In the DownBeat magazine Critics' Poll of 2019, she was voted the number one Rising Star among female vocalists.
[6] Among the influences and musicians she admires, she has named Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Maria João, Billie Holiday, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Wayne Shorter, Bjork, Hermeto Pascoal, Theo Bleckmann, Brad Mehldau, and Bill Evans.