Keli Freitas has a Bachelor of Letters from Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro (PUC – Rio) and a Master of Portuguese Studies from Universidade Nova, Lisbon. She is a collector and researcher of anonymous correspondence and diaries.

Highlights of her work include Osmarina Pernambuco não consegue esquecer (2019), Adicionar um lugar ausente (2020) and Take my breath away (2023). As guest author for the project Panos – Palcos Novos Novas Palavras she wrote fábrica de matar baleia.

She was dramaturge for Baque, in partnership with Gaya de Medeiros, and for As tr3s irmãs, alongside Tita Maravilha.