[2] With the notoriety of her debut album, Hoffmann then brought to her second album Rebirth an eclectic mix of national and international musicians alike: GRAMMY award winning American pianist, arranger and producer John Beasley, GRAMMY nominated (and direct disciple of Ravi Shankar) sitarist Gaurav Mazumdar, and two of the most iconic names from the last century of Portuguese music, Rui Veloso and Rão Kyao.

During this time, she studied classical guitar from Professor Walter Lopes, and took voice lessons from Maria do Rosário Coelho (who passed in 2011).

[7] Continuing with her education, Hoffmann then studied and graduated from the Universidade de Lisboa, having earned a Bachelor's of Science degree in Marine Biology.

[8] After graduating university, Sofia Hoffmann briefly worked in the micro aquaculture and microalgae industry before making a transition to the METRO/Makro group.

After returning to Lisbon, she continued her vocal lessons with Portuguese jazz singer Maria João[12][13] In 2014, Hoffmann would meet Roop Verma a disciple of Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan plus master in Nada Yoga.