Police searching for missing transgender woman from North Bay Village

NORTH BAY VILLAGE, Fla. – Julia da Silva, 23, has been missing since Thursday morning around 11 a.m., and now friends and family are hoping that she's OK.

Da Silva is transgender and often spends time in Miami, Miami Beach and Wilton Manors.

She was last seen leaving her home in North Bay Village where she lives with her aunts. She was last seen wearing a pearl necklace, a black skirt and black tank top.