was born in Sicily (Italy) in 1960.
Her life is built on solid roots and traditional values. Optimistic, cheerful, curious, and creative, she is interested in art and psychology. She loves to cook and adores music. After a thirty-year career at IBM Italy, she decided to reinvent herself. For several years now, she has been a Life Counselor with a humanistic-relational approach and a Facilitator in Mindfulness.
In 2021, she published her first novel with a strong autobiographical tone titled “Volevo il tacco dodici?”, which received an honorary mention at the intercontinental literary award “Le Nove Muse.”
She wrote the introduction to the poetry collection “Il Rumore dell’acqua” by Italian poet Andrea Ruiu.
In 2022, she published her second novel “Iris Ali di Vetro,” which addresses the delicate topic of eating disorders (ED).
In 2023, she published her third novel “Novanta battiti al minuto”, a true story that tackles the sensitive issue of heart transplantation, for which she received the Jury Prize at the International Literary Art Award Cygnus Aureus 2024.
In 2024, he published "Ventiquattro Carati," which addresses the issue of gender violence; a work that was awarded the International Literary Art Prize La Via dei Libri, the International Lord Byron Prize 2024, the International Literary Art Prize - to say no to violence against women - Il Canto di Dafne 2024, and the National Argentario Prize 2024 & Caravaggio.
Due to the subjects covered in her books, the author has received several recognitions, including the “International Award for Peace and Human Rights Defense Italy 2023” , the “Civic Merit Award for Solidarity and Inclusion of People with Disabilities 2023”, "Solidarity Award for Art and Civic Engagement 2024", “Reconocimiento Internacional Mujer Destacada 2024” for her dedication to art, culture, peace, and social justice in the world.
In 2024 she participated in the international cultural project for peace and the defense of human rights, from which the anthology “Art without Borders” was born, a poetic collection that brings together 36 international poets and artists. Her piece "Nel silenzio del mondo" is part of this anthology.
She will participe as a co-author in the International Cultural Project ComPar Poesia 2025, which involves 350 women writers from 5 continents to give voice to women and celebrate their artistic and cultural contribution to the world. Her poems on gender-based violence, “A Light in the Darkness” and “Women,” have been translated into English, Spanish, Arabic, and Bengali, and included in various literary journals and international poetry anthologies, such as “Alessandria Today”, “Atunis Galaxy Poetry,” “Life,” “Contemporary Italian Poetry,” “Our Poetry Archive,” “European Poetry,” “Sindh Courier,” “Saubarna,” “Whispers across Languages,” “Raven Cage,” and the “USA Humanist Anthology.” In America, she was honored with the “International Literature Language Journal” recognition.
Life has taken her everywhere, Love has brought her.
In the Silence of the World
I open my eyes
peace is still locked away in the drawer of dreams
It dwells in the inner universe of each one,
a heavy cocoon, it cannot become a butterfly,
it struggles to fly beyond words and futile wars
It wishes to rest between the eyelashes of a child to lull him into serene sleep
It longs to transform every mortar blast
into a symphony of life
that resonates in the silence of our souls
Long is the journey of peace,
fraught with pitfalls,
walls to break down,
bridges of courage to build,
to traverse together, step by step.
Let each of us become the creator of a work of art,
a delicate fabric in which the warp and weft are intertwined threads of hope and dreams.
In this dark, impoverished world,
may peace be light for our hopes,
an invitation to see diversity
not as a threat but as an opportunity.
In the silence of the world, the call for peace resonates every day: let us listen to it!
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