About

Hello, world! I’m a graphic designer, yogi and food lover, born in Brazil and a proud East Londoner.

When I was 25, I moved to London to pursue a career in branding and graphic design. It’s here that I lived my most formative years: I worked for some of the top design agencies, I travelled the world, had fun. Lots of fun. Moving to London only fuelled my already existing passion for food: cooking, eating, sharing meals with friends, obsessing with obsessive chefs. I always knew one day I’d do something related to food.

I have always enjoyed foods that provoke my taste buds, and in 2025, I gave up alcohol and caffeine so then I had even more reasons to enhance my meal experiences to try and make up for the lost kick I got from coffee and alcohol. I now get very excited about complex textures, unexpected deep flavours, functional nutrients and nice presentation.

I’m health conscious, but I don’t count calories. And I never compromise on taste. 

It was one morning when I was preparing a frozen açaí bowl with fruits and granola, as usual, that I had the idea to make a hot spicy granola with more interesting textures and flavours than the ones available out there with a unique hot kick to contrast or elevate whatever I had in my bowl: frozen açaí, fruits, porridge, yogurt, smoothies. When I started sharing it with the world around me, it was fascinating to watch people's reactions go from flustering with the unexpected spice kick to sounding mmmmms, it’s gratifying to observe people munching on it unstoppably and hear how surprisingly good it tastes. Some say it’s great on its own like a snack.

As 2026 being my 20th year of living in this special city that I chose to call home and helped me be more me, WILDTROP is a love letter to my time in London. So there you go: fun design, bold taste and good life are the 3 main ingredients of WILDTROP.

I hope you enjoy it the same way I enjoyed creating it. And here’s to the next 20 years!

Marisa x