Paola Rebusco was born in Italy, near Lake Garda. She earned her master’s degree in theoretical physics from the University of Trieste (Italy) in 2003. Paola received her PhD in astronomy from the Ludwig–Maximilians–Universität (Munich, Germany) and the International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics in 2007. She then crossed the Atlantic and spent three years as a postdoctoral Pappalardo Fellow in Physics at MIT. Paola is interested not only in teaching and theoretical astrophysics but also in how specialized knowledge is made publicly accessible. In addition to being the European Southern Observatory Network representative in the United States, from time to time she collaborates with Italian teaching and outreach institutions. Paola loves traveling, sailing, martial arts, writing, reading, fixing/making things, and torturing a ukulele. To learn more about Paola, see her webpage and her blog for the ESG seminar “Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full.”