Nathali is from the Brazilian city of Mococa, a small municipality in the state of São Paulo, and her link to Italy is deeper than she thought at first. She moved in Lodi, close to Milan, for an exchange period during her PhD, and once there she discovered that the parents of her mother’s grandparents

Antoine was born in Aleppo in 1993, and 13 years ago everything changed in his life. In the wake of the Arab Springs, the Syrian people also began to express their dissent against an authoritarian regime in power for 40 years. Soon, peaceful demonstrations to demand freedom, democracy and dignity turned into a full-scale Revolution

Research, commitment, Havana. These three words could represent Diango, a Cuban medical physicist who has been a researcher at the Department of Physics of the University of Turin since 2021.  Diango was born and grew up in Havana close to one of the most famous streets of all Cuba, the Malecón Habanero. 10 km of

These are the words of Rosina, born in Turin (Italy) but with a double surname, a dual citizenship and her heart divided among Italy and Peru. Her origins range from the Peruvian Ande, and in particular from Callejón de Huaylas, a city of the Ancash region of western Peru and her mother’s city of origin,

“At 28 years old, I decided to embark on a research journey, research in mathematics, in Italy”. Alexandre was born in Curitiba, the capital of the state of Parana, in the southern part of Brazil, on the edge of São Paulo. He is a mathematician by profession, an analyst… But who is an analyst? “I

Permanently in Italy since late 2007, Magdalena is 42 years old and originally from Poland, specifically Chelm (20 km from the Ukrainian border), although she grew up in Slezia. She speaks Polish, Italian, French, Spanish, English and a little Russian. She learned Italian through an intensive course at the University for Foreigners in Calabria and

Paula arrived in Italy in 2016. Originally from Buenos Aires, she speaks Spanish, English, Portuguese, and Italian. Arriving on a study visa, she managed to obtain citizenship (iure sanguinis, having an Italian great-grandfather), but not recognition of her entire university career. Of the six years she devoted in Argentina to obtaining a bachelor’s degree in

Justine is 31 years old and arrived in Italy from Kenya in September 2019 at the age of 28 to pursue a master’s degree in International Cooperation at the University of Turin, where she graduated in May 2022. As soon as she arrived in Italy as a native English speaker, she taught English through the

Born in Kyiv 48 years ago, Oleksii has lived in Italy for more than 20 years. He speaks Ukrainian, English, Russian and Italian, which he learned with ease, having taken several courses in our language. His choice of Italy, which occurred in 2000 and was stimulated by winning a call for a research project, was

Svetlana is from Belarus and is 41 years old. She has lived in Turin since 2013 and describes herself as “a Turin native”. She is fluent in five languages: Belarusian, Russian, English, Italian, and German (which she has also taught), and for work, she has also learned some French and understands both Ukrainian and Polish.