ABSTRACT
I was born and raised in Napoli, in the South of Italy, in a mixed class family with a strong political working-class identity. My father was an outspoken Italian communist, a political organizer, who influenced my critical worldview and commitment to social justice. I was considered a precocious child, a “mature” child, and was deeply interested in social and political ideas from a young age. In particular, as a young girl, I most notably experienced and understood injustices based on gender and language oppression.
