She graduated in Art Education & Visual Arts at the Federal University of Pernambuco class of 1998. In this same year she started working as an Art Teacher at the ConviverSchool in Recife. There she taught Art History to kids for five years. In 2003 Renata decided to move to Amsterdam and start a new life. Due to this huge change, she stopped painting for a while to focus in other studies. Since 2014 she has been painting again and working on the theme: Amsterdam Integratie.