I was born in southern Italy but my family migrated to the United States when I was three years old. We settled in an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx New York. Growing up in the inner city was not easy. Violence, drugs, and street life meant that I grew up too fast. Although I came […]

I was born in Michigan, USA. Although I came from a loving family, I struggled with insecurity and low self-esteem. This led me to search for meaning and value, and for someone or something I could truly rely on. The God presented in my childhood church seemed distant and cold, like a theory. It was […]

My name is Annamaria Ucci and I live in Lanciano. Fear! Since I was a child I lived with the fear of death. I was terrified of all those stories grandparents told about ghosts, witches, the dead. Despite the fear, however, I went in search of these stories and questioned the older people who spoke […]