It was by sharing these intimate moments in short videos on YouTube that Marta created her character Beatriz Gosta. This was the beginning of Marta's flirting, which soon turned into a serious case of the public falling in love with her and vice versa. The culprit in all this is Portuguese rapper and long-time friend Capicua, who prodded her: "What if you told stories in front of the camera like you tell your friends? What if those same stories created empathy for those on the other side of the camera?" The challenge was right and it paid off. "People feel represented and encouraged to be who they are. I say what others think and don't have the courage to say, and people laugh," she reveals.

The Beatriz of 2015 is not the same as the Beatriz of 2024; the character has evolved just like the stages of Marta's life. Her personal journey almost merges into her everyday stories, which, after all, are those of all of us. After becoming a mum, she felt the need to tackle the subject of motherhood and talk bluntly about the doubts, problems and daydreams of this phase, from sleep deprivation to physical and emotional changes. Sexuality continues to be one of the central themes of her work, with a focus on education and breaking down rigid structures of thought. So from this character we can expect a woman in constant mutation. But there's something about her that doesn't change and is ingrained in the essence of her work — Porto. That good place to live, to be, to hook up and fall madly in love with. It's made up of landscapes that would make a postcard and which, in themselves, are an invitation to stories of (un)love and (un)encounters.