Jules LeBlanc

Rodrigo Alves, a Brazilian father and mother, were Rodrigo Alves when Alves was 30 July 1983 in Sao Paulo. Roserval Alves was Roserval's father. He is from Portugal and arrived in Brazil in 1940. [5] Initially the family engaged in agriculture but they later expanded their business activities to include retail centers, as well as real estate. Her grandfather purchased Barbie dolls to her while she was a youngster. Alves was born a male however, she believed that she should have been a female from her age of "three and four, five to six". She also played with dolls, cross-dressed and loved playing with dolls. [6][7] Her belief is that gender shouldn't define the person. [8] She was shy, and bullied throughout childhood. At the age of nineteen, Alves had a hormone disorder, with excess estrogen that caused breast tissue to increase in size; the other characteristics she had were taken advantage of by bullies. In addition, her family runs several supermarkets in Brazil that have made them wealthy, but at the time of writing, Alves has not made any profit relating to the stores. [10] Alves relocated to London when she was 18 which is where she studied public relations at the London College of Communication. Her maternal grandmother left her funds.