 My name is Valeria Scrillatti, I'm Italian, I'm 36 and I work as a user experience and user interface specialist at FEU. I usually discuss with the team about possible solutions to improve the user experience of a platform. And then I design mockups and high fidelity prototypes of website and application interfaces. Most of them mainly meant for dashboard and data visualization. I have a background as a photojournalist and some years ago I decided to study to self-learn user experience and user interface design. I found very interesting and challenging to give shape to interfaces that must be at the same time visually stunning, but also intuitive and accessible for everyone. And I guess that in my role, empathy and creativity are as important as the technical skills and my previous background has been really helpful about this. Personally, I've never hesitated to make a career switch into ICT because of my constant curiosity about the technology and design systems. But of course, when I got to the very first assignment at work a few years ago, then at that moment I was scared, I was afraid of making a mess, but at the end it didn't happen. I've never faced discrimination as a woman working in ICT, but to be honest, I always sent my job application carefully selecting the company to work with. But considering also their values and policies against any kind of discrimination. I don't want that maybe this sounds like if you do this, then you will never face discrimination because it can happen always, but this is something that I have chosen when I started when I decided to make a career switch. Based on my personal background, I can say that having a crosscutting experience and skills is an added value. It's not a weak point and I would say don't be afraid of not having all the required skills to start a career in ICT because this can be learned. And it's easier when let's say there is a bunch of self determination and interest with feed off each other.