Naiade represents myself, it’s my story. The project began in 2017 with a series of self-portraits in the pool, the only place where I felt at home, where I could be myself without any pain; then it grew up during a Master in Photographic Project in Pescara, years in which I was under the guidance of Michele Palazzi, the first professor who believed in me and encouraged me to bring out through photography everything I was experiencing. It was then transformed into a photographic diary, and in 2019, thanks to the help of my photo editor Fiorenza Pinna, the project turned into a photographic book produced through crowdfunding, in which snapshots, self-portraits and documentary photography alternate accompanying me in the discovery of my own illness. After the release of the book there were presentations around Italy, and it seemed surreal to be able to talk about this work to so many people and receive continuous thanks from them for highlighting this invisible suffering through art. Naiade was, first of all, a therapy for me and created a network of empathy, openness and sharing from people that I never expected. I realized that I have introduced the idea of a body that exceeds social standards and gives space and voice to all those who feel like they have a different body.