A daydream, always thrilling, which envelops and involves both the heart and the imagination of a process of constant experimentation.

I was small but my dreams, contrary to my stature, were already very big.

At the same time I developed a second passion: dance. The determination that has always distinguished me allowed me to reach important levels until I had the opportunity to move to Rome and study in an important school: theNational Academy of Dance. I was15years oldwhenI decided to leave my city, my friends, my loved ones to move alone to the capital.A year later I moved to Dresden. It was once again a tough test of early adulthood as I saw my family only three times a year and was studying as a private student to achieve my third year of high school. My course of study in Germany ended after 3 years with the attainment of a "Bachelor of Art" degree and two work contracts as a ballet dancer, so at the age of 19 I ended up moving to the Czech Republic to begin my career as a semi-solo ballet dancer in theater. Along with the satisfaction of achieving my goals, I began to feel empty socially and culturally; after all, I had dropped out of high school at 17 and had not graduated from high school like my peers, and my constant changes of residence had not allowed me to form solid friendships; I had not experienced a carefree adolescence, rather I had been focused always and solely on achieving that one goal: to become a dancer. Suddenly, however, once I had achieved that goal, it seemed as if I had begun to miss everything that existed outside the theater and the four walls of the ballet studio. Out of the blue, I decided to drop everything and resume my studies, take up experiences that I had not had up to that point, start cultivating social relationships, but most of all resurrect my first passion: fashion.

At theage of19, after a short period in the Czech Republic, I returned home, back to my country, back to my city, back to speaking Italian fluently and back to living with my family. Of course, leaving dance was a long and thought-out decision, but to this day I have never regretted the choice I made. I immediately elaborated that the only thing I would miss coming back to Naples would be my independence, in fact already at the age of 16 I started working parallel to my dance studies as a waitress in a small Italian restaurant on weekends and already there I sensed the satisfaction of being able to feel independent. I immediately began to plan, think and devise something that could make me "free" from what had been the impositions of the ballet world, where several times I had realized that I was a mere executor of a series of steps. Of course I took up again my first passion:lamoda, which in spite of everything I had never abandoned. At the same time I began to fill my social void by hanging out with new people: I noticed that the well-to-do girls I was dating all had extremely expensive designer handbags..."Did those handbags identify a certain social class?"I asked myself."Why should a handbag be able to label a girl or a woman?"Obviously I didn't own one and never would I have ventured to ask my parents for that kind of money just to feel part of a group, all of which led me to think a lot.I wanted to be able to be considered not for the obvious logo on my bag as much as for the fullness of my personality, my experiences, my ideas!I wanted at the same time to prove that I could dress cool but with clothes and accessories within my financial reach. I realized that there were no stores selling a line of trendy handbags and accessories accessible to everyone, and I imagined the dissatisfaction of many girls and women in the same situation as me.

After a short time, a few weeks after my return to Italy,I decided to start Label Rose. Of course, communication budgets were nonexistent, so in the early days I had to do everything on my own: I was a model, stylist, photographer, social media manager, visual merchandiser, stockist, manager... whatever was needed in short. To this day, I can say I am proud of the results I have achieved, proud of having faced many battles alongside my family, proud of having earned first a diploma, then a degree in International Business Management, proud of this brand and the team that over time helped me develop the idea of a young woman. Of course, the path has been, and still is, long and winding, but then again, the hardest challenges are always the most satisfying. This is also meant to be a message of encouragement to all those women who are afraid to change: really listen to yourself, deeply, and voice what you feel and want, even if it is not what the outside world would want from you, even if the path to get it is difficult, because that is how dreams come true. I in the first place was afraid of disappointing so many people by leaving dance because in everyone's imagination I was the "ballerina"; so many times I thought about the endless sacrifices I made on my path and asked myself,"What are you doing throwing everything away? Do you really want to give up your career as a dancer to have an uncertain future? How are you going to go to college if you left school at 16?"and then again"Are you going to be able to run a business? How are you going to study and at the same time carry out your project?".Nomatter how many questions I might have, I have never stopped believing in myself and my abilities, giving little weight to the opinion of others but following my heart and instincts alone.

So believe in yourself, always!

At 19 , after a short period in the Czech Republic, I returned home , I returned to my country, to my city, I began to speak Italian fluently again and I returned to live with my family. Obviously leaving dance was a long and thoughtful decision, but to this day I have never regretted the choice I made. I immediately realized that the only thing I would miss when returning to Naples would be my independence, in fact already at 16 I began to work alongside my dance studies as a waitress in an Italian restaurant on the weekend and already there I perceived the satisfaction of being able to feel independent. I immediately began to plan, think and create something that could make me "free" from what had been the impositions of the world of classical dance , where I had often realized that I was a mere executor of a series of steps. Obviously I took up my first passion again: fashion , which despite everything I had never abandoned. At the same time, I began to fill my social void by hanging out with new people: I noticed that the wealthy girls I hung out with all had extremely expensive designer bags... "Did those bags identify a certain social class?" I asked myself. "Why should a bag be able to label a girl or a woman?" Obviously, I didn't own one and I would never have dared to ask my parents for such a sum just to feel like I was part of a group, all of this made me think a lot. I wanted to be considered not for the obvious logo on my bag but for the fullness of my personality, for the experiences I had lived, for my ideas! At the same time, I wanted to show that I could dress coolly but with clothes and accessories within my financial reach. I realized that there were no stores that sold a line of trendy bags and accessories accessible to everyone, and I imagined the dissatisfaction of many girls and women in my same situation.

Obviously the budgets for communication were non-existent, so in the early days I had to do everything by myself: I was a model, stylist, photographer, social media manager, visual merchandiser, warehouse worker, manager... basically whatever was needed. Today I can say I am proud of the results achieved, proud of having faced numerous battles alongside my family, proud of having first obtained a diploma, then a degree in International Business Management, proud of this brand and of the team that over time has helped me develop the idea of ​​a young woman. Obviously the path has been, and still is, long and tortuous, but on the other hand the most difficult challenges are always the most satisfying. This also wants to be a message of encouragement to all those women who are afraid of change: really listen to yourselves, deeply, and give voice to what you feel and want, even if it is not what the outside world would like from you, even if the path to get it is difficult, because that is how dreams come true. I was the first to be afraid of disappointing many people by leaving dance because in everyone's imagination I was the "dancer"; many times I thought about the infinite sacrifices I made during my journey and I asked myself: "What are you doing, throwing everything away? Do you really want to leave your career as a dancer to have an uncertain future? How will you go to university if you left school at 16?" and then again "Will you be able to manage a company? How will you study and at the same time carry on your project?". No matter how many questions I had, I never stopped believing in myself and in my abilities , giving little weight to the opinions of others but following only and exclusively my heart and my instinct.

So believe in yourself, always!