Paula began her musical studies at the age of five at the Musical Conservatory "Santa Madre Rosselo" in Osasco, São Paulo, being admitted later at the important "Conservatório Dramático e Musical de São Paulo", where she had classes with the violinist Antonio Tórchia and became his assistant. In the year of 1992 she went to Sofia, Bulgaria, where she registered at the Sofia State Academy of Music as a pupil of the virtuoso violinist Angel Stankov. There she was also taught by Georguita Nikolova, one of the most important authorities in Chamber Music in Europe. She continued her studies with Evgenia-Maria Popova. In Brazil she attended specialized courses and masterclasses with Natan Schwartzman in the University of São Paulo.

She performed as a violinist and soloist in several orchestras and chamber groups in Brazil and Europe, in various different configurations, with Celeste Patarra (piano), Márcio Gonçalves (piano), Lúcia Bismara (piano), Márcia Bertti (piano), Éder Levy Marques (oboe) and Ricardo Simões (classical guitar). She has performed several premieres of contemporary composers, such as Ricardo Simões and Bruno Basseto. As the Júpiter string quartet's first violin, a group created in 1997 and specializing in contemporary music, Paula makes CD recordings and has performed many concerts in São Paulo.

She has performed as soloist in several concert halls, such as the Municipal Theater of São Paulo, São Pedro Theater, Artur Rubinstein Theater, Cacilda Becker Theater, Museu da Imagem e do Som, Circolo Italiano de São Paulo, Sociedade Cultura Inglesa, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Centro Cultural do SESI/FIESP and in many other Brazilian cities, such as Sorocaba, Marília, Piracicaba, Bragança Paulista, Jaú, Tatuí and Limeira.

In parallel with her activities as a violinist, she is developing important educational work in the reformulation and revitalization of music teaching in Brazil, employing her own teaching methods, in various institutions where she teaches courses in instrumental performance and music theory.