When it's dark, I see the lights! "Aurora" Dora, relocated from Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Alaska in 2001 and has been chasing and photographing Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) ever since.  "I never heard about the Northern Lights before I moved to Alaska. The first time I saw them it was love at first sight. That was it! From here on I knew what I wanted to do, I wanted to share the Auroras with the world and show them to everyone who doesn't have the opportunity to see the Northern lights. That's what I have been doing since." Her creations can be seen here on her website, in many Lodges in Alaska and at her gallery, Aurora Dora, in downtown Talkeetna, Alaska (Main Street & Talkeetna Spur Road). Collective Exhibitions: ● INVITED for the GAIA 2025 EXHIBITION with "Unthinkable Night" - February 5 to April 5, 2025. ● 1839 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS (2024) - LANDSCAPES People's Vote Winner - "The One Wow Night" - NATURE People's Vote Winner - "Milky Way Eye" - TRAVEL People's Vote Winner with the series When It's Dark, I See the Lights - "Double Vision Aurora", "Aurora & Denali", "Favorite Spot Aurora", "Bridge on Green", and "Ruth Glacier View" - LANDSCAPES Honorable Mention - "Aurora & Denali" ● RAREFIED LIGHT 2024 with "Milky Way & Bodie Island Lighthouse" -  May 9 to September 4, 2025 - Valdez Museum & Historical Archive, Valdez, AK -  March 7 to March 31, 2025 - Mat-Su College Gallery, FSM Building, Palmer, AK - January 16 to February 18, 2025 - Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai, AK - December 6 to December 20, 2024 - University of Alaska Fairbanks Art Dept - November 1 to November 25, 2024 - Alaska Pacific University, ConocoPhillips & Leah J Peterson Galleries, Anchorage, AK ● NATURAL LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2024- GRAND SCENIC - Semi-finalist with "Milky Way Monument Valley" ● GUARDING THE DARK NIGHT - AIMING AT THE STARS with "Feeding My Soul" - December 2023 to February 2024 - Shanghai Astronomy Museum - Shanghai, China ● DarkSky International's CAPTURE THE DARK COMPETITION & EXHIBITION with "Feeding My Soul"  - Received Second Place on the Category People's Choice - July 2023 ● INVITED for 7th ANNUAL ALLEGANY NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION & EXHIBITION with "Splash Aurora" - April 2 to 24, 2021 - Allegany Arts Council - Cumberland, MD ● 2021 WOMEN IN ART - March 4 to 27, 2021 with "Feeding My Soul" - Las Laguna Art Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA ● THE MAGIC OF WATER - online exhibit with "Splash Aurora" - Cultural Center of Cape Cod - South Yarmouth, MA ● 2021 LANDSCAPES - February 4 to 27, 2021 with "Colorful Winter Night" - Las Laguna Art Gallery - Laguna Beach, CA ● THE HEALING POWER OF ART 2019 ART EXHIBITION - Manhattan Arts International - Winner of the Award of Excellence for the image "Favorite Spot Aurora" ● FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPH 2018 EXHIBITION  by Lenscratch ● RAREFIED LIGHT 2018 with "Startrails Aurora Plane" - January 14 to February 28, 2019 - Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai/Soldotna, AK - December 7 to December 30, 2018 - Bear Gallery, Alaska Centennial Center of the Arts, Fairbanks, AK -  September 28 to November 25, 2018 - Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage, AK ● COLORS OF WINTER - TALKEETNA PHOTOGRAPHY INVITATIONAL - March 14 to April 8, 2015 -  Sheldon Community Arts Hangar, Talkeetna, Alaska ● 2013-2016 - Collection - Town Square Art Gallery, Wasilla, AK ● 2013 Alaska Wild - ASOP - Traveling Exhibit through Alaska   Individual Exhibitions: ● Permanent Exhibition - Aurora Dora Gallery - 22229 S. Talkeetna Spur Rd, Talkeetna, Alaska ● 2018-2019 - Aurora Dora Gallery - Sedona, Arizona ● COLORFUL WINTER NIGHTS - A Winter Chasing Northern Lights - June 8 to July 11, 2013 - Flying Squirrel, Talkeetna, Alaska ● CAPTURED CONTRASTS, IMAGES FROM BRAZIL TO ALASKA - June 11 to July 8, 2011 - Denali Arts Council, Talkeetna, Alaska Publications: NASA National Geographic Travel Space Weather Live Washington Post Geophysical Institute UAF The Complete Guide to Landscape Astrophotography by Mike Shaw  The Book of Arts: Gaia Society of Nature Photographers  Alaska Magazine Last Frontier Magazine Northwest Travel & Life Magazine Nature Photographer Magazine       Landscape Photography Magazine Nightscape - International Dark Sky Association  Greatland Graphics space.com yahoo.com Anchorage Daily News Condé Nast Traveler AFAR The People's Paper The Local Pages Sing Tao Daily El Universo Hoy    Sistema de Ensino pH - Física- Brasil Consulado Geral do Brasil em São Francisco Jornal de Jundiai  Brasileiras pelo Mundo   Member of: NANPA - North America Nature Photography Association ASONP - Alaska Society of Outdoor & Nature Photographers IDA - International Dark-Sky Association ATIA Alaska Travel Industry Association Mat-Su Convention & Visitors Bureau Presented at: International Dark-Sky Week - April 5 to 12, 2021 Portland Winter Light Festival 2019 - Portland, Oregon - February 7 to 9, 2019