Janaina, a native of Brazil, has trained with Mariana Natal from Ballet Municipal of Sao Paulo and studied extensively with Luis Nogueira of the Ballet Municipal of Rio de Janeiro. She was a member of the Corpo Companhia, where she did numerous shows and television appearances while teaching at the Mariana Natal Academy.
In the United States, she has studied extensively with Stela Viorica, Stefan Wenta, and Lois Ellyn, who was the most influential teacher of her career. She currently is a guest teacher and choreographer throughout Brazil and the US, where her choreography has been nationally acclaimed.