Your first name is the very first judgment a stranger makes about you - an immediate lens through which people form an impression before you even speak. It is funny how much weight society places on a label you had no part in choosing. But what if a birth certificate isn't a permanent social sentence? What if you have the power to reinvent your given name to fit different environments, proving that one identity can comfortably hold many titles. My birth name is Giuliana, the

Sitting in the Opera House, surrounded by thick red velvet walls, dramatic drapes, and gleaming gold accents, versus sitting at a bar stool in Patti’s Place, the local greasy spoon where no face is ever forgotten: these are the two defining pillars of my hometown, Thomaston, Connecticut. It’s a place where everyone knows everyone, a dynamic that proves to be as charming as it is challenging when it comes to privacy. Growing up in a completely homogeneous and culturally unifor

If you look at my design work, you might notice an underlying rhythm. Lines don't just sit on a page: they move. Layouts have a distinct, physical pacing. For a long time I tried to tried to separate my life as a dancer from my life as a designer, treating them as two entirely different worlds. But the truth is, the foundational pulse of my creative brand didn't start in a design studio or in front of a computer screen. It started years ago, on a ballroom dance floor, guided