Description of the integration initiative implemented
Along with her young age that helped her overcome the initial language barriers, language programmes for foreign children implemented in local schools allowed her to reach a high proficiency in Italian language. At the same time, some restrictions on free-time activities, due to her culture of origin, have not allowed her to build important friendships with Italian boys or girls.

Personal story
The protagonist of this story is a young woman native to Bangladesh who arrived in Italy at the age of nine through a family reunification process arranged by her father. The interviewee has no many memories of that trip, but she remembers that she had a good journey.
She currently lives in Prato (Italy) with her husband, a Bangladeshi man whom she married to in a religious ceremony.
She graduated in languages from University of Florence, and works as a linguistic-cultural mediator.
The interviewee attended Italian school from the fourth grade on: apart from the very first impact related to cultural differences, customs and language, she does not remember to have suffered great discrimination. School played an important role in her life, thanks also to her parental support that allowed her to pursue up to university studies, a not widespread condition in her community, at least in emigration. She does not perceive any gender discrimination within her own family, since both she and her brother had the same training opportunities; likewise, she has not experienced forms of gender or else discrimination from Italians either.
During the interview, our interlocutress said she had the opportunity to reflect on two aspects of the Bangladeshi upbringing as experienced by herself, which has affected her being a woman. The first aspect is linked to the control exercised over free time, such as leisure: for instance, she, unlike her Italian peers, did not enjoy the permission to go out at night or spend time in discos. Starting from this circumstance, she has not built friendships with Italians, especially with male friends, but with girls coming from a similar cultural and religious background, such as her Albanian friend that she feels to share the same experiences with, including the limits of belonging to a culture other than the so-called western one.
Notwithstanding, she has never faced racist behaviours or attitudes from her classmates.
The second aspect is related to the pressure exerted by her mother on the issue of motherhood. This is the only pressure she strongly feels since it makes her experience a deep crisis about her life choices: on the one hand, the idea to interrupt her career and give priority to the family life is a choice not shared by her husband either, who instead supports, just like her, the importance of professional growth before making children; on the other hand, she aspires to find a more stable employment than mediation. Regarding the possibility of playing an important role, she states it is not of her interest: she would like to continue along her path, with some greater guarantees of stability.
Although she is doing well in Italy, she would like to move with her husband to London, UK, as there are more and better paid job opportunities in London for Bangladeshis, and especially for Bangladeshi women.

Analysis of the initiative and individual story
A non-traumatic migration experience emerges from this story: the interviewee reached Italy in order to reunite with her father who was already here; having arrived by plane, she did not face conditions of food deprivation nor forms of violence during her journey to Italy; finally, she had no major difficulties with her residence documents as she arrived due to family reunification. Once here, her life in Italy was marked by a certain stability and a quiet school integration process, characterised by no discriminatory acts that would be due to her geographical or cultural background. The protagonist’s family has been supportive of her education choices, and her father made no differences between her and her brother in this respect: though being a woman, the interviewee was allowed to study and graduate in languages. Notwithstanding, her Bangladeshi upbringing placed some limits on her personal and social freedom. Unlike Italian girls, who generally can go out at night and come home late, it was a problem in her experience. These limits, preventing her from sharing interests with Italian peers, made her suffer a little in her adolescence: yet, the interviewee states that she has managed to overcome this aspect. As a result, she has basically established friendly relationships with non-Italian girls whom she feels closer from a cultural point of view. As for her working experience, the protagonist of the story feels rather satisfied, even if she would like to find a more stable employment which would allow her to make plans for the future together with her husband. According to her account, the interviewee has never experienced limits in terms of her professional fulfilment and her being a woman, at least not from her family and husband: yet, she feels the weight that the community attach to having children, whereas she would prefer to find a more stable job in line with her professional aspirations before expanding the family. In conclusion, this story allows us to outline the portrait of a young woman who has managed to find a balance between the culture of origin and the culture of the country she emigrated to. This balance has been fundamental for her life achievements, still far from being considered completely successful; besides, she would like to continue her path not in Italy, but in England, where it seems easier for her community to find a stable and better paid employment.

Results and Impact
So far, the interviewee has pursued her educational and professional goals. Accordingly, she does not exclude the possibility of further improvement in terms of working, and especially financial opportunities.