Palermo Storytelling...
Marta today is a school teacher. When she graduated she used to think she would like to do anything but teaching in school. Nevertheless, she has always been teaching (anthropology, dance, etc.): she probably has alway been a teacher! Today she loves teaching in school, especially in CPIA.
She loves moving, any kind of (physical and mental) movement which is vital energy: in fact she loves dancing, she loves traveling and she loves meeting new people (around the world and at home).
Reading is life for her and she reads any kind of book, from junk literature to Joyce. When she lost her dog, who was part of her family, she bought lots of books about dogs: even if many of them were not good ones, that was a sort of relief for her.
Marta is experiencing changing. Because of several internal and external reasons, she is “creating” her brand-new life. It is a reconstruction, an evolution, a metamorphosis, a transformation and it challenges her own identity.
Daniela 's story
Daniela is an italian woman.She was born in Pinerolo,lives in Sicily,in Palermo.
Family is very important for Daniela.She is married,has two daughters,a daughter lives in Milan.Daniela also has two brothers.
Daniela is an english teacher,teaches at Cpia Nelson Mandela; teaching foreigners is enriching.
Daniela loves art and rock music.
Human rights are important to her.
This is Daniela!
This is Maria Luisa. She loves the sea which for her is the most beautiful thing, where you go when you need peace. As a child, she was always soaking and she never wanted to get out of the water. For this reason, her parents had purchased a small inflatable swimming pool to make her separation from the aquatic element more convincing and less traumatic. Maria Luisa also knows the seabed, especially the Sicilian ones which she has explored with countless dives.
She has a younger sister, Maria Sole - she herself gave her her name - to whom she is very close even though she lives far away.
She has traveled a lot and lived in many places, for example in Switzerland and the North of England. Here she spent about a year in a small town where the film "Harry Potter" was filmed, meeting welcoming people with a "southern" heart. She likes to travel, but Sicily is the place where she loves to return where she feels she can put down roots. She places a lot of value on friendships, real and deep ones. After a long period of solitude, she met a person who became important, her partner.
BARBARA
Barbara is an Italian young woman, she’s 45. She lives in Sicily, in Palermo, but she would like to live in some other part in the world, to know different cultures. She likes travelling very much and she visited many countries, such as France, U.K., Ireland, Germany, Australia and Polynesia. She likes Italy too: she has been living in Venice for six years.
Family is very important for Barbara: she adores her daughter and her sister, Rosita.
Barbara is a Maths and Science teacher. She’ s fond of sport and nature and she likes reading science books.
She regrets not to speak English in a fluent way.
Daniela is a beautiful and smiling woman, very dedicated to family affection. She loves teaching and spends a lot of time to school. Her openness towards others and her joviality means that she is surrounded by many affections and good friendships. She loves animals and has a dog that gives her a lot to do. In the summer she stays at the seaside, where she spends most of the day on the beach in the sun and swimming. She is a special person in her simplicity.
Daniela,
She is Italian. She lives in Palermo.
She is an English teacher.
She studied English, German and French.
She has got two sons.
She is keen on reading. She prefers historical books. A history book for children was the last book she read.
As a teacher, she prefers to teach her students topics useful to improve their social life.
She enjoys travelling especially in European countries. She went to UK, Ireland, Spain, Germany and Belgium.
She also visited Africa.
Emanuela,
She Is a teacher. She Is 59 years old. She Is a wife and She has two daugheter. She lives in Palermo and She loves going to the beach, to her mother's home and to the curch. She likes cooking pasta and cake. She likes language french more beaucose her father knew french and in this way She Is connected to him.
CATERINA Besides being a very good teacher, Caterina is a person of many interests: she loves nature, photography, music, cinema, reading, travelling and good food. Her life is very rich and eventful. She loves trekking and is involved in environmental sustainability projects. Caterina lived abroad for a period of her life, one year in England and five years in Portugal, where she worked as an architect. She returned to Sicily to realise one of her big dreams: to write a book. But she was so committed to her research that the books became five! All about the study of the Sicilian territory, in particular rural architecture. Caterina loves Sicily, its sun and its sea, where she often goes swimming. She has a house in a beautiful part of western Sicily, from where you can see a wonderful panorama: the gulf of Castellammare. This house is one of her favourite places, in fact she lives there for six months of the year. Caterina is an apparently quiet person, but as you get to know her better, she is a volcano! She is sociable and cheerful, the ideal friend!
Laura’s story
Laura is many things all together. She is a mum of
two, a boy and a girl, she’s also an English teacher.
Laura is very fit and she regularly goes to the gym
for her Pilates classes. Moreover, she is a pretty
good bike rider and she usually rides to work with
her bike.
Furthmore, Laura enjoys cooking so she often
cooks delicious dishes for her family like the “Pizza
al Formaggio” a typical Umbrian dish.
Laura, actually was not born in Palermo, but near
Perugia and she had lived there till she met her
current husband! So, love brought her here in
Sicily! Oh, the power of love!
Laura adores meeting people from other countries
and she is likely to go to Turkey for her next trip.
Have fun, Laura!
Paola is Italian and lives in Palermo. She is an English teacher and as she herself says she works hard and is very strict with herself. She has got a manager sister and a son who live in Rome. Paola eats healthy food and likes to keep fit and plays sports especially running. She also enjoys reading and cooking, especially Sicilian food. She is a Catholic Christian and goes to Mass every Sunday.
Oggi è un professore e gli piace.
Gli piace soprattutto perché insegna agli adulti, a questi adulti, che suscitano curiosità culturale, ma questa è solo l’ultima professione con cui ha avuto a che fare.
E’ stato un architetto in imprese di famiglia (ma si sa, mai mettersi in affari con la famiglia) è stato arredatore, perfino vigile del fuoco, ma la cosa che ha amato di più e che più l’ha preoccupato (ma del resto non è così con tutte le passioni?) sono state le ceramiche di caltagirone. Per 10 anni con sua moglie hanno faticato per portare avanti il negozio investendoci tutto, tempo denaro e splendide domeniche di sole per andare a scegliersi i materiali più belli. Quando questa avventura è finita è arrivato il concorso per la scuola, non è stato difficile e ha portato la stabilità.
La stabilità è importante per la famiglia, un amatissima prima figlia (quando si diventa padre la prima volta è un emozione irripetibile) poi un secondo figlio (come spesso accade amatissimo dalla moglie) e poi un terzo non cercato, fuori tempo massimo, ma amato da entrambi, Quando hai 3 figli poi vivi soprattutto per loro. Ormai sono dei ragazzi e si sa, essere ragazzi non è facile.
Lui della sua giovinezza ricorda che amava più la chitarra che gli spinelli, comunque ci si può divertire lo stesso con gli amici, stonarsi non è necessario per stare in compagnia.
La musica l’ha sempre accompagnato, quando uno l’orecchio ce l’ha, ce l’ha, tutti lo dicono. Forse avrebbe potuto studiare di più, oppure no, va bene così, c’è un tempo per ogni cosa.
Anche andare in chiesa cambia col tempo, cambia, da che era il chierichetto boccoluto che pareva un angioletto, l’ombra del campanile si è fatta sempre più lunga e soffusa, ci si torna ogni tanto, perché no. Per accompagnare la moglie, per avvicinare i figli e perché infondo, si sa che comunque, “qualcosa c’è”.
Cecilia è una ragazza madre. Durante l' adolescenza, avrebbe voluto avere una guida di un genitore più presente, anche più autoritario, e questo l'ha resa più vulnerabile, portandola ad avere delle brutte esperienze anche con la droga. Ora ha un compagno a cui vuole molto bene. Da ragazza ha fatto qualche scelta sbagliata ma adesso sa cosa vuole, anzi quelle esperienze l'hanno resa più forte. Ora Cecilia fa la psicoterapeuta, il suo lavoro la porta a contatto con persone anche di paesi e culture diverse. Si definisce “ costruttrice di comunità" . Ama il suo lavoro e i suoi figli, per questo si ritiene molto fortunata. L' approccio con Dio è stato molto controverso. È stata anche Buddista, fino a quando non ha trovato il giusto interlocutore, suo fratello. Lui è diventato prete e ha capito che sarebbe stato il suo principale referente per ricucire lo strappo con la religione cristiana.