agent with about 30 clients, among them current WNBA players Kayla McBride and Courtney Vandersloot. Personal life Penicheiro is an ardent supporter of the Special Olympics and supports ovarian cancer research, to honor one of her best friends who was diagnosed with the disease. Besides her native Portuguese, she speaks English, Spanish and conversational Italian. Her father, João, is a former basketball player and now coaches her older brother, Paulo, who plays professionally in Portugal. She became an aunt when her brother and sister-in-law gave birth to their son João Miguel in 2009. Penicheiro also enjoys listening to R&B music and is an avid collector of watches and clothes. She had mentioned that during her playing career, she'd listened to Hip-Hop and R&B music before a game. On February 20, 2013, Penicheiro became an American citizen, taking the oath with 1,200 others at the Sacramento Convention Center. References External links 1974 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American sports agents Chicago Sky players Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players Los Angeles Sparks players Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball players People from Figueira da Foz People with acquired American citizenship Point guards Portuguese expatriate basketball people in Russia Portuguese expatriate basketball people in Turkey Portuguese expatriate basketball people in the United States Portuguese emigrants to the United States Portuguese women's basketball players Sacramento Monarchs players Women's National Basketball Association All-Stars Sportspeople from Coimbra District