Marzia has always wanted a job that made her feel useful and advocacy seemed to be her path. Then came the doubts, second thoughts, and a new consciousness. Now let’s find out more about his change…
Hi Marzia, in your story you told us that you studied hard to become a lawyer, motivated among other things by your innate sense of justice. What meaning did you give to the word “justice” in your life journey?
I was born into a family of Murano entrepreneurs. My grandfather, a particularly charismatic figure in my memories, had created an artistic glassware on his own in Murano, an activity that then involved my father and my aunt over time. First of all, I chose to study law because I wanted to be able to help my family in their business, as has actually happened over the years. However, the spring that made me choose the course of study linked to Law was my sensitivity to injustices and abuses to the detriment of the weakest categories. I remember that, in the period in which I was choosing my course of study, I often came across newspaper articles that spoke of cases of injustices aimed mainly at women and minors. The female world has always seemed to me in need of legal representatives who in some way would protect it, and I believe that my sensitivity was the real motivation that led me to become a lawyer.
What did you learn about the concept of justice during your studies and your work as a lawyer?
My sense of justice hasn’t changed over the years. Indeed, it has been amplified by taking into consideration not only the rights of the human being but also the animal rights and the whole environment that surrounds us. Unfortunately, however, often speaking of justice in terms of jurisprudence, in practice it becomes very difficult to maintain consistency between abstraction and the application of the law. This confused and frustrated me a lot as a lawyer.
What did you learn about the concept of justice during your studies and your work as a lawyer?
My sense of justice hasn’t changed over the years. Indeed, it has been amplified by taking into consideration not only the rights of the human being but also the animal rights and the whole environment that surrounds us. Unfortunately, however, often speaking of justice in terms of jurisprudence, in practice it becomes very difficult to maintain consistency between abstraction and the application of the law. This confused and frustrated me a lot as a lawyer.
Then came a moment in your life of strong doubts about the career path you had chosen. Do you remember an episode that made you think you want to review your choices?
It wasn’t an episode or a single reason that made me change direction.
When I was a lawyer I got up in the morning to go to the office and I felt frustrated, every day I looked for an alternative route to reach the office and this for me meant a rejection of the everyday life I was experiencing.
The opposition to other people that I had to hire at each new audience distanced me from a need for harmony that in the meantime was growing more and more inside me. I no longer wanted to be “against” someone, I didn’t want to fight with people, on the contrary I felt the need to find a balance with them. This was the inner path that pushed me to change.
You told us that you gave yourself a year of reflection before taking a real change of course. What did you discover during that time?
To tell the truth, my sabbatical lasted more than a year. I took it to listen to me from scratch. Forget what the Marzia I knew liked and didn’t like and try to do something else. I had the time to enroll in courses that I had always postponed and to discover topics that I had never been interested in, I surrounded myself a lot with nature and I discovered new times and ways to live my days. It was a period of great introspection that gave me back a different Marzia, more in harmony with herself and with others.
A new value emerged from this inner journey?
The desire to make my contribution in sharing a more sustainable life for all. My goal is to live this life by leaving as light a footprint as possible on the planet, so that it remains rich and as pristine as possible.
Can you tell us more about your new business and its sustainable aspects?
Sure! For some months now I have been dealing with the online sale of vegan and sustainable cosmetics and clothing. My e-commerce is called La Gatta Diva, and inside you can find different products sharing characteristics of environmental, ethical and economic sustainability. My goal is to offer my customers articles that have been produced with respect for those who worked them, that maintain genuine characteristics and therefore “do good” to those who buy them, and that pollute the planet as little as possible once disposed of.
We talked about how Mestre, your city, was the scenario of your change. How would you change your city?
Mestre is an industrial city like many realities in our region. Progress has been made over the years towards a more eco-sustainable quality of life for citizens, but the road is still long. For example, there are still few charging stations for electric cars, and those present are now dated and not very functional. In addition to this, I personally feel the lack of green spaces, so I would propose to administrations to rethink an urban fabric with more parks and itineraries in nature.
We know that you and your husband are proud supporters of the e-mobility revolution. The next trip you would like to do in an electric car?
We would love to visit Vienna and Budapest, cities I don’t know and rich in Art Nouveau and Liberty architecture that I am passionate about. It is a trip that we have been planning for a long time and we are sure it will be very comfortable in our new electric car.
Change for you is …
The ability to listen to oneself and adapt oneself to the different forms of sensitivity that each phase of life reserves for us.
