MARO is the professional name of Portuguese composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mariana Secca. Her velvety, arid alto frames carefully crafted songs she offers in Portuguese and English. She issued her 2018, 22-track eponymously-titled debut album in three monthly volumes. That year she released the duo set, Maro & Manel with Manuel Rocha, and It's OK, a solo collection of nine electro-acoustic folk songs in English. She spent much of 2019 touring and recording with Jacob Collier and appeared on his Djesse Vol. 2. In 2021 she made several important guest appearances among them recordings with Gerald Clayton, and superstar production duo Odesza. She and Nasaya collaborated on the EP Pirilampo. In 2022 she issued the 14-track duo outing Can You See Me? written and produced with John Blanda. In 2023 released the album Hortelã through Sony.