A longtime, award-winning cultural writer and luxury editor, Gouveia reports for Westfair Communications Inc., a group of business journals and newsletters. From 2011 to 2022, she was editor-in-chief of Westfair’s WAG magazine, which won six New York State Press Association Awards as a top magazine. and at which Gouveia won awards from the YWCA and Folio Women in Media. Prior to joining WAG, she was an Associated Press Award-winning senior cultural writer with Gannett Inc. As a nonfiction writer, Gouveia is the author of “The Essential Mary Cassatt” (Wonderland Press/Harry N. Abrams Inc.) and several art historical essays. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied with short story writer Grace Paley.

Gouveia is also a student of ancient Greek culture, classical singing, long walks and yoga. She lives in New York, where she enjoys caring for her home.