Internacional de Quadrinhos and discovering silent manga, a dialogue-less comics format that tells stories without speech. She subsequently left her career as an animator to focus on comics. An important aspect of Loyola's career is her participation in the Silent Manga Audition, an international competition in which she has received several honors, including an honorable mention and the 2016 SMAC! Editors Award. While Loyola has said that her deafness no longer impedes her ability to create comics thanks to the silent comics medium, she still continues to experience prejudice and discrimination as a person with disabilities and a woman in the industry. Works Lost in the Forest (2015) The Witch Who Loved #1 (2015) The Charming (Love) Gift (2015) The Promise of Happiness (2016) Maria e Cia: Aventura das Estrelas (2016) Everybody Can Dance (2017) The Friend or Enemy?! (2017) The Witch Who Loved #2 (2018) The Imagination (2018) I’ll Be Back (2019) Heart of The True Friend (2019) In 2019, she also contributed to the collections Shoujo Bomb and Gibi de Menininha #2. References 1979 births Brazilian comics artists Brazilian women cartoonists Brazilian women illustrators Deaf artists Living people