Brazil at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Rocha started cross country skiing in 2016. She uses a mono-ski.  She started skiing because Brazilian Winter Paralympic sportsperson Fernando Aranha encouraged her. In December 2016, she went to Europe.  She wanted to better her skiing results.  She first went to race in Sweden. In January 2017, she went to a World Cup in Ukraine. In November 2017, she went to ski races in Germany and Canada.  When she trains in Brazil, she uses a roller ski. It is similar to a normal racing wheelchair.  She uses ski poles with the chair.  She also trains with a special wheelchair that looks like a snowboard with wheels.  Her coach is Fernando Cassio Orso.