Born in Goiânia, Brazil in 1982. She studied film at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro and at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in Cuba. She wrote and directed the documentary series Amanajé, O Mensageiro do Futuro, which portrayed 13 Indigenous groups from the central-western region of Brazil. Fogaréu is her debut feature film.