Time noted that she often trained "in a dilapidated gym with ceilings too low to accommodate a proper hoop or ball toss", due to a lack of adequate facilities in Cape Verde.

[2] Monteiro represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and was Cape Verde's flag bearer during the Games's opening ceremony.

[4] In 2006, she won four medals at the African Gymnastics Championships, three bronze and one gold, being present on all podiums during this competition.

[5] Monteiro competed again at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[6] and was, again, her country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony.

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