I live where a racing heart meets a vivid imagination. As a mother, branding consultant, and guest lecturer at EHL — the world's top hospitality university — I treat time like a finite currency and stories like the best thing worth spending it on. If my dialogue is fast, it's because my thoughts are faster.

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"Slow down, for God's sake!" — my father.

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In my work as a consultant, psychology and mythology are constant companions. My fascination with the philosophy of time, the growth of the self, and the hero's journey naturally bled into my storytelling. Combine that with being a hopeless romantic, and the transition to novelist was inevitable.

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A former ballerina turned six-foot-tall volleyball player, I've navigated life across South America and Europe, drawn by work and love. Now settled in Belgium, I juggle a multilingual household, a need to reclaim my Italian, and the looming challenge of Flemish.

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Through Maison Vantucci, my husband and I merge talents in hospitality. At Aurora, I help brands from other sectors define their identities and culture. My life is a playlist jumping from Charles Aznavour to Charlotte de Witte – a nod to my pianist father and my own restless spirit.

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I am currently obsessed with the Architecture of Desire – the subject of my novels and branding lectures. For now, the writing comes first. Everything else – including a restaurant that refuses to stop calling my name – will have to wait its turn. Honestly? "Shit, I don't have time for all of this" is a thought that crosses my mind at least five times a day.

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Don't let the polished version fool you: there's laundry in the machine from three days ago. Another plant just died under my care. I'm the kind of person who feeds on coffee, forgets to drink water, and wonders why headaches keep visiting. The thing is, I hate doing things that feel like an interruption.

 

It is my life's restless paradox: I am impatient when time slips away, yet profoundly grateful when it is spent on things that fill the heart.

My friends call me crazy, my mother prolific. I'm honestly between the two.