Autor/-in: Paola Peretti

Paola Peretti is Italian and lives in Verona. She studied Literature and Philosophy and graduated in Publishing and Journalism in 2011 with a thesis on gender discrimination in literature. She attended the Palomar School of creative writing in Rovigo. She has worked as a waitress, bartender, babysitter and teacher, also writing articles for the local newspaper. Fifteen years ago she discovered she had a rare genetic illness called Stargardt Disease which causes progressive vision loss, and can cause eventual blindness. There is no cure to date. Paola's experience of living with loss of vision is the inspiration for her writing. She currently teaches Italian to immigrant children from Senegal, Nigeria, China, Romania, India, Pakistan, Brazil, Moldova and Russia.