Hi there! I’m Marianna, I’m so glad for everything and everyone that’s helping me in this adventure. I’m sixteen now and I’m doing Human Sciences highschool, where the main subjects are Psychology, Pedagogy, Sociology and Anthropology. I love psychology and helping other people. I’m very empathetic and I’m always the friend that listens and gives advices. When I’ll grow up I’d love to do criminology at university, I became passionate about it four years ago.

Since I was young I’ve been independent and creative; for example I’ve always liked to draw, to travel, to discover new things, I’m always ready for new adventures! I can be determined and impulsive at times, but I’m also a bit shy when I meet new people. I love staying active, and I enjoy doing a lot of outdoor activities, I’m always busy. I practice pole dancing, I’m part of a Scout group, and I love sailing, all things that keep me moving and exploring the world around me. I also hang out usually with my groups of friends (like friends of school, of Scout, of sport and the group of friends of my town), they give me so much energy and I love them. When I have time I usually watch films or read, like in the evening before going to bed, I also listen to a lot of music, for example on the bus.

An important thing to me is how I look, I love to do my makeup, to dress with my style and to do my hair, because those activities relax me, they make me feel pretty and truly like I am. Family and traditions means a lot to me. During the festivities, like Christmas or our birthdays we spend dinner together at the house of my uncle, aunt or my grandparents. In summer I also go to the house by the sea where my grandparents spend their vacations.

My family is composed by me, my mum, who is similar to me, my dad who is a person that always works so much and my older brother, when we were younger we always played together, now he usually helps me with my homeworks. In my family we spend time together every day at dinner, or we go skiing in winter and at the sea in summer. I feel so grateful for their support. I would like to have a cat, they are my favourite animals. When I was little I had a lot of them, but sadly they all died. I love animals, they are pure souls, they’re all so beautiful.

I think that this experience will make me grow, making me see things with different eyes, I hope to know new cultures, new traditions and new people to have great experiences with, I’m ready to go and change my life, with a new perspective. Thanks so much for reading and for being part of my journey, I am grateful to you for hosting me and wanting to get to know me! I can’t wait to meet you and to see what the future holds.