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A path, the one within the religious world, which began when she was very young: “I chose consecrated life when I was nineteen when I met the Ursuline nuns playing the role of Sister Rosa, the founder of the congregation, in the musical organized in occasion of their centenary. My mom learned of this possibility and, of the desire to get closer to the Church, she proposed this thing to me. At first, I said no, I didn’t want to deal with nuns and priests, with any religious figure, then in a second moment, I thought that doing nothing at the time could be an opportunity to sing and learn new things. When we presented the musical for the first time in 2008, something lit up in me; I looked at the nuns and felt that something in me was changing. Then came the call.”

In 2013 her decision was taken by mutual agreement with the other sisters to participate in the Rai 2 talent show, where J-Ax chose her in her team to win the victory. From there, then television and success: “I’ve never seen the conflict between these two realities, because I did my novitiate in Brazil and there seeing nuns, priests, religious singing on stage is very natural, also because when you meet God you want to dance, sing, praise, thank him. Brazil has somewhat purified that passion of mine; it has become that gift to give. I still believe today in the power of music to transfer important messages like this”.

Two opposing worlds which, despite the attempts to reconcile them, have repeatedly put her in difficulty: “The nuns have tried to protect me, but probably the excess of protection for me was starting to turn into a limitation towards that idea that I had some religious life. Success hasn’t been easy, but it hasn’t put my vocation in crisis. It was an inner change that made me do it as if all this exposure to success had placed me before the enormous responsibility of being exposed throughout the world as a witness of God. This made me come to terms with myself and make a transition to adult life. For me, The Voice paved the way for a change in my growth.”