Riquita is the youngest of four siblings. Born in Benguela, a southern province of Angola to an Angolan mother and Portuguese father in the early 1970’s and on the cusp of its independence from Portugal. Due to the Civil War that ensued in Angola in 1975, Riquita and her family were forced to flee their homeland and become refugees in Portugal, where she was to … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT X RIQUITA ALTA