About Us

I come from Italy, and after finishing my degree there, I decided to continue my studies abroad. During the last years of university, I became increasingly aware of how conflicts, disasters, and human rights violations affect people’s lives around the world. I wanted to understand these issues more deeply and find a way to contribute to the humanitarian sector in a meaningful and informed way. I started asking myself what it would mean to turn the discomfort of watching these tragedies from a distance, almost a sense of impotence, into something concrete.

That is what pushed me to continue studying and specialize in the humanitarian field, choosing the master's in international Humanitarian Action. The program requires mobility periods in different universities across Europe, and this structure became the framework for my decision to move. For the first time I truly experienced what it means to move not as a tourist, but as someone trying to build a part of their life elsewhere. That’s how I arrived in Germany.

Moving for study reasons is very different from many other forms of migration, but it still involves learning how to adapt to a new context. I had to navigate another academic system, deal with bureaucracy, look for housing, learn how to “be” in a place that is not mine and slowly build a new daily routine. These experiences made me pay more attention to the practical and emotional aspects of mobility, things that are often underestimated until you experience them directly.

Living in Germany has also allowed me to see humanitarian issues from another perspective. Here, you meet people from everywhere: students, refugees, professionals, each with a story that reshapes the way you understand the world. It becomes impossible to stay indifferent. You see how complex migration really is, how different the reasons are, how many emotions and contradictions coexist in the decision to leave home.

My decision to move was intentional, and I came here because I wanted my life to be aligned with the things I care about. Studying humanitarian action in an international setting gives me the tools to approach this field more responsibly and with greater awareness. In that sense, my migration experience is a choice to position myself closer to the field, closer to the stories and the structures that shape people’s lives.

I don’t know yet where I will go next, since the program itself involves further mobility, but I know why I chose this direction. For me, moving to Germany is part of a broader commitment to understanding global challenges not only in theory but also through direct experience.