In my childhood, I was involved in the local parish activities, especially in participating in the choir, musical play, drama activities, excursions, and summer camps.

Since I was very little, I started to be progressively recognized as a little leader at the nursery school: someone who naturally attracted classmates to play together. I was genuinely animated by the desire to include all my little friends in spontaneous play or in singing nursery rhymes.

In primary school, I was soon assigned a role of educator alongside my teachers, both within my classroom and in different classrooms of my school. I used to go to different classrooms to help students of my age improve their own knowledge base and skills such as science, maths, or grammar. I also used to be a mediator between children with disabilities and my teachers. Later, with time, I realized I was also a role model for change without knowing it. I always felt valued, respected, and trusted.

Since my early teens, it was noticeable how I became an influencer in my group of peers. Many of my friends, companions, and even acquaintances used to come to me for advice: my words were effective in providing encouragement during their difficulties and challenges and in helping them to see alternative options. This attitude of giving hope and inspiring them to be all that they were capable of being became even more evident over time.

My career path in enrolling for my degree in Professional Educator and in enrolling for my degree in Psychology stemmed from my personal experience and unfolded gradually with further studies related to understanding the individual inner dynamics, aimed at delving into and explaining the manifested human experience behind it.

A crucial factor in my life was the encounter with the charismatic community prayer group at the age of 10, which I never left and of which I am still an active member for more than 40 years now. That meeting marked a new beginning of my Christian life: a joyful renewed journey of faith that has been gently molding into a graceful experience of a loving and paternal God. This experience has been channeling all my life and allowed every single happening in my life to be embraced and understood through discernment and acceptance in sincere trust and faith in God.

One of my main interests in studies and research has always been the interconnection between the individual spiritual experience embedded in the relationship with a higher power and its impact on the individual thinking process in reframing situations, on emotional balance, on decision-making, and on well-being. Because spirituality can also affect how people relate to others meaningful to them, I am also interested in understanding who gives significance to people. What makes people truly happy? I love to help them find their answers, discovering with them their meaning and their purpose in life, whether or not the sense of transcendence is implied in their life.