Emilia Rosa was raised in Brazil and lived many years in Rio de Janeiro. She studied French, Spanish, English and Italian. She worked in international trade shows in a multilingual capacity, and as a fashion model in Brazil, Italy, and the US. Emilia won library poetry contests, and her poems were published in poetry anthologies. FINDING CRISTINA and its two sequels, were set in 1920s Rio de Janeiro, and 1933 southern Brazil. Her books are available as paperback and ebook on Barnes & Noble, Amazon, BAM, etc. Readers can contact her via Facebook, Instagram, X (EmiliaURosa1), and Goodreads.