“I could write a whole novel about my life, I just need to find a publisher (laughs)! I had a very, very hard childhood. I grew up in a village in Colombia with my mother, my stepfather and...Read more →
“I was born in Switzerland, in Geneva, into a normal family. But as a child I already felt different. Since I was a little girl I didn’t want to live. I remember that when I went to...Read more →
“During the Second World War, my parents fled Japan and came to live in a very remote village in the Brazilian countryside. We lived in a simple wooden house and my parents had a chicken...Read more →
“I always had a lot respect for my parents and I was always scared to disappoint them. When my dad said something, it was law for me! When I had bad grades, I would run into the corn fields...Read more →
“It’s very unpleasant for me when I think about everything that has happened to me. I’ve lived through things that you cannot imagine. I was born in Medellin, Colombia, in a...Read more →
“I’ve always been attracted to the artistic world. As a child, I used to ask my mother to take me to TV castings. And I was so good-looking that people often said to me, “Oh,...Read more →
“The beginning of my life is quite classic. I arrived in Spain at the age of 18 from Ecuador, during the economic crisis of 1999. As I had no legal papers, the first years were difficult....Read more →
“There was a lot of love in our family, and thanks to God we never lacked anything. Our parents never hit us, we had a very good relationship. Everything was good. My mother worked as a...Read more →
“I became involved in a political party at a very early age. At 18 I was already running my first campaign, and a few years later I was the youngest elected senator in the history of my...Read more →
“When my parents came here, their life was hard. They were working 150% to pay off a house in Portugal that they bought for their retirement. And so I don’t have so many memories of...Read more →
“I was a bit of a hippy, I wanted to discover the world and I had a lot of hope in this way of life, based on tolerance, freedom and all that. So I left university in Mexico, and with...Read more →
“I woke up every morning with a knot in my stomach. I was so scared that I was physically sick. I would either throw up straight away and stay locked up at home, or I would carry this...Read more →
“I was practically born with a hat on my head. I opened my first hat store 30 years ago, and it’s going to keep me busy for the rest of my life. It’s a passion that has taken...Read more →
“I grew up in the Philippines, in a very close family of 10 children. We grew up under the Marcos dictature. The economy was very bad. There wasn’t much to eat and the only rice we could...Read more →
“I admit, I’m pretty much an individualist. I’m a freedom lover, I love to be on my own, to do things the way I want. I was a difficult child, not listening to my parents, to my teachers,...Read more →
“I am a daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter of alcoholics. We all have our own lineage (laughs)! I had a Cosette-like childhood. At home there was violence almost every day. So...Read more →
“I arrived in Geneva from Portugal when I was 26 years old. It was very, very difficult at first. I struggled a lot. I applied for jobs with my social worker diploma, but as I had no...Read more →
“I started very early to take hashish, ecstasy, and then cocaine. I was also selling it and making a lot of money. I could pay for all the restaurants and evenings out. I was out partying...Read more →
“My father was a bit of a mythical figure. He was an archaeologist and he used to come back from his travels with pictures of his excavations and objects of incredible beauty. He had a...Read more →
“Job-wise, I’m completely lost right now, not knowing what I really want. I regret having started studying without asking myself the right questions. What are my values? How do I want...Read more →
