From morning to evening, Silvia Gusmano is surrounded by learners: she moves from her children to her students to her children (and their friends) without interruption, in the belief that she herself still has almost everything to learn. She has lived in Rome – now with Vittorio, Giuseppe, and Riccardo – since she was born, over forty years ago. A journalist since 2008 and a middle school literature teacher since 2015, she wrote her first articles in 2003 for Ombre e Luci, after some illuminating conversations with Mariangela Bertolini in the editorial office on Via Bessarione.