I was born in Italy almost sixty years ago and have lived in the United States for nearly three decades. Though English is neither my first nor second language, it is the language I primarily speak.
I have been happily married to my partner for nearly 30 years. We share a modest home in one of the most beautiful niche neighborhoods of a large metropolitan area in the South. Our resident furry feline child lives his senior years amidst much love and comfort.
Music, crafting, photography, and writing have always been a large part of my life—just like they had been for my parents (thank you for the creative genes!).
In my late teens to early thirties, I worked in broadcasting as a radio commentator amidst various other jobs. From working in newspaper darkrooms (oh, the smell of those days!) to typing theses for university students and papers for tenured professors, from sales in computer shops to learning coding and programming, from proofreading and translating articles to writing poems and short stories: I was constantly learning and discovering new things, passions, and hobbies. I moved and traveled throughout Europe until love made me cross the Atlantic Ocean.
After living through many demanding years, emotionally and physically, I asked myself whether and how to share all I have learned throughout my lifetime without limiting geography, society, or language. With some insistent encouragement, I decided to accept the challenge and take advantage of the very thing I most communicate through: writing. I am open, outspoken, pragmatic, and, more often than not, sarcastic. I am a Christian but not a doormat. As a woman and human rights advocate, I refuse to stay silent.
I know myself to be a balanced individual, sometimes too candid and unfiltered, often short on patience when attempts are being made to make me feel inferior or insufficient. I am perfectly enough, perfectly imperfect. The strength, resilience, resolve, courage, and drive to stay true to oneself are taxing but not impossible. Whatever the challenge or the outcome, all that matters is living meaningfully, responsibly, and accountably.
I invite you, the reader, to join me in demonstrating that it is far easier to try and succeed – or fail and learn – than to be a passive spectator on the sidelines of life. One voice can become many, a chorus in unity: as off-key and pitchy as it may be, it will be hard to miss when fierce and passionate.