Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Rosa a Troviscal, Oliveira do Bairro. Ta fara aikinta a matsayin ƙwararren mai tsere. Ta lashe gasar zakarun duniya na dalibai ta 2000 kuma ta kafa kanta a kan manyan 'yan wasan kasa, ta dauki nau'o'in gajeren lokaci guda uku daga 2000 zuwa 2003. Ta fara fitowa a manyan wasanni na kasa da kasa a 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships a Vilamoura, tana gudu a cikin gajeren tsere. Ta sauya zuwa tseren tsere mai tsawo a bugu na gaba kuma ta isa manyan masu gudu goma sha biyar. A cikin lokutan da suka biyo baya, ta yi wasu manyan abubuwa guda ashirin (ciki har da na 11 a tseren tsere da na 16 a takaice a gasar tseren tsere ta duniya ta 2003). Kwarewar ta ta duniya ta kasance ta hanyar lambar tagulla ta tawagar a shekarar 2005
, inda ta jagoranci tawagar kasa tare da kammala na goma sha biyar. Ta kuma kai saman goma a Gasar Zakarun Turai a 2004 da 2006.