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Katia Guerreiro (born February 23, 1976) is a fado singer, who has received several awards, including Order of Arts and Letters, Chevalier rank from the French government and the Comenda da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique from the Portuguese president. Guerreiro was born Katia Duarte d'Almeida d'Oliveira Rosado Guerreiro in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa, to Portuguese parents. Soon after her birth, her family returned to São Miguel Island i ... n the Azores, where she grew up. At age 15, she learning a local type of instrument called a violin da terra, traditional in the Azores and began playing with a band called Rancho Folclórico de Santa Cecília. After high school, she was accepted into medical school in Lisbon, where the graduated in 2000. During this time, she sang with group Tuna Médica and with the Miguel Torga theater group at her school, along with a rock band called Os Charruas. Her fado career began in 2000, but she still works part-time as a doctor at a hospital near Lisbon. She has campaigned against abortion in Portugal, considering it against her medical ethics. Guerreiro married poet Rui Ochôa in 2004, but the couple divorced in 2010. She had her first child, a daughter named Mafalda, in 2012 in Lisbon with Jorge Faustino. The album she recorded after this event contains a lullaby dedicated to this child. See more [+]