During the Portuguese Carnation Revolution in 1974, she returned to Cape Verde in Mindelo, together with Manuel Figueira and Luísa Queirós, she made the Cooperativa da Resistência (The Resistance Cooperative).
Nach der portugiesischen Nelkenrevolution kehrte sie 1974 nach Kap Verde zurück und gründete in Mindelo, gemeinsam mit Manuel Figueira und Luisa Queiros, die "Cooperativa da Resistência".