Silvinha Oliveira, resident of the Barreira do Vasco favela, always dreamed of having her own fashion business.

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Silvinha Oliveira, a 32-year-old fashion entrepreneur, has lived in the Barreira do Vasco favela in the North Zone of Rio since the age of 9.

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