Ana Lúcia Ferreira

Ana Lúcia was a paediatric nurse who worked in São Paulo, Luanda and finally Lisbon, where she led a neonatal ward for twelve years. Colleagues on three continents remember her calm voice in difficult nights.

She sang samba to frightened children, kept a notebook of every baby she helped bring home, and cooked feijoada for anyone who was far from their own family.

She leaves two daughters, a large circle of friends and a garden of hibiscus on a Lisbon rooftop.