Mirla was born in Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), in a community marked by ancestral African traditions, where she learned from a very young age to communicate through dance and percussion—elements fundamental to her identity formation. At 12, she participated in her first musical project and discovered her passion for singing. From that moment on, she began to join various musical groups, eventually performing at the prestigious Teatro Castro Alves with the Projeto Aruanda.

Throughout her career, she has shared the stage with some of the most notable musicians in Afro-Brazilian music, such as Letieres Leite, Margareth Menezes, and the bloco afro Ilê Aiyê, among others. In 2016, she moved to Barcelona, where, along with Marcel Vallès, she founded and led the group Ganzà and later decided to launch her own project.

In 2022, she released "Afrobrasileira," an album that explores, through Mirla's songs, the traditional rhythms of her native land, Bahia, with touches of jazz and soul. The album features musicians like the maestro Letieres Leite, Gabriel Grossi, Childo Tomas, and Jurandir Santana. "Afrobrasileira" garnered recognition from the music press in various countries, receiving 4 stars from the prestigious Songlines magazine and being named the 2nd best World Music album of March by Spin the Globe. It also appeared on the Abril Transglobal Music World Chart and was featured on numerous specialized radio programs worldwide, such as "Cuando los Elefantes Sueñan con la Música" (RTVE), "Agualusa" (RTVE), "Folkmusiken" (P2 Sveriges Radio), Rádio Educadora FM (Brazil), "Republik Kalakuta" (RTS), and "Mundofonías," among others.

She has performed at various festivals across Europe, Africa, and South America, including the Bansko Jazz Festival (Bulgaria), Over the Border (Germany), EXIB Música (Portugal), Tanger Jazzin Festival (Morocco), TenSamba, Esperanzah, Dia do Brasil, Pedralbes Festival (Spain), Jazzing Barcelona, Suonimobili (Italy), Dublin's Five Lamps Arts Festival (Ireland), Maputojazz (Mozambique), and Jumping Judy (Antwerp, Belgium). Additionally, she has performed in venues and theaters such as the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, Festival Jazz Tortosa, Sala Montjuïc, Caixaforum, among others. She was also invited by the Brazilian Embassy in Spain to perform at the ceremony celebrating the 200th anniversary of Brazil's independence.