 Bernardi was born in São Paulo on April 29, 1979, and is of Italian descent.She graduated in Advertising at the Mackenzie Presbyterian University and, after working on numerous advertising agencies, she became an in-house screenwriter for Rede Globo.She has written for "telenovelas" such as "Sangue Bom" and "A Vida da Gente", talk shows such as "Amor e Sexo", and sitcoms such as "Aline" (based on Adão Iturrusgarai's eponymous comic strip), "Dicas de um Sedutor" and "Meu Passado Me Condena"; the latter has been broadcast by Multishow from 2012 to 2015.