José Bezerra, a Ceará native born in the city of Solonópole, came to São Paulo and met Eva Michaelichen (a Brazilian descendant of Russians and Ukrainians [1]), born in Irati. José and Eva, who first met in a family home where they both worked, were married and had their first daughter Helena Duarte. At this time José worked as caretaker of a residential building in the São Paulo Garden in São Paulo (a job he still holds today) and Eva, to help with the family budget, was a maid and keeper of the building. As time passed, ten-year-old Helena wanted a sister and her parents took care of that order. On November 22, 1973, at 6:10 a.m., Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra was born. Helena, her sister, was and is a fundamental part of Eliana`s life and could even be called her "guardian angel."

Eliana had a healthy childhood. Although she may not have had all the toys she wanted, she had the most important things: love, respect and education. For José and Eva, education of their children was of primary importance.

From the time she was young, Eliana knew she wanted to be an artist. As a student of the Colégio Vila-Lobos in Ibirapuera, she always participated in school parties. Her first Carnavale dance was at the age of nine years in Curitiba. At this time Eliana was already saying that she would be a great artist.

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