I was born and raised in the sunny peninsula of Salento, Apulia. Then I moved to the eclectic city of Pisa whereI graduated in Medicine and Surgery and attended the Sant’AnnaSchool of Advanced Studies. Currently I live and work in thebeautiful Modena, specializing in Internal Medicine under theguidance of professors Antonello Pietrangelo, Paolo Ventura,and Elena Corradini. I am interested in rare diseases, mainlyhemochromatosis, Wilson’s disease, aceruloplasminemia andother NBIAs, hereditary hemoglobinopathies, and porphyrias. Ihave pursued a clinical education and plan to improve my bioin-formatic skills (proteomic, genomic, and metabolomic analy-sis) in the next few years.