I'm Matteo, a 24-year-old guy from Rome and I dream of going to study in Bolzano in September 2025. I am finishing my three-year degree in Landscape and Territorial Design and would like to go and study Environmental Sciences and Management of Mountain Areas with the dream of one day leading our country towards a greener and more sustainable future. In the meantime, my girlfriend, Martina, with whom I have had a healthy and deep relationship for more than three years, will come with me and will study music therapy in Bolzano. I hope that this experience away from home will unite us in an even more mature way and that it will present me with the opportunity to ask her to marry me, so some of the money I am putting aside will also be used for that. Almost a year ago, during my Erasmus experience, I came to the realisation that I would want her by my side for the rest of my life and I bought her a ring, but given the very modest economic situation we are in and living in a country that does not support young couples, I found myself having to wait. At the moment I'm finishing up a very busy semester by taking my last exams so that, from February until the summer, I will be able to work (hopefully full-time) to put aside as much money as possible, and so is Martina. However, given the high rents the city is facing and the cost of living, all the help we receive will help us move towards realising our dreams.

I thank everyone who decides to support our dreams, and I wish everyone who is in a situation like ours the strength to launch themselves towards their future by smiling at life.

(I put a very high collection target because I am not familiar with how it works, but even a little help goes a long way).