My name is Anna Mancini and I was born in Guardiagrele, a small town in the Abruzzo region near a mysterious and magic mountain called ‘La Majella’. Since I was a child drawing has always been a way to communicate with myself and the rest of the world, a language which arrived long before words and it is still part of my life which is often unpredictable. After having graduated at the ‘Istituto Statale D’Arte’ of Chieti, I attended the ‘Dams’ of Bologna and then an illustration course at the ‘International Comics School’ of Rome where I achieved full marks and won a scholarship. From the following year, I started teaching at the ‘International Comics School’ of Rome where I experienced an amazing adventure and then subsequently joined the Pescara branch where I still happily interact with my students. I have exposed my illustrations in many cities and have collaborated both as illustrator and photographer with Italian and magazines from abroad, decorated internal and external environments, worked as a portrait painter, illustrated advertising posters and music CD covers, transforming this fantastic passion into work during the years. Since 2012, after winning a contest organized by “Frigidaire”, I have been working with this iconic and stimulating revolutionary art magazine, founded in 1980, where I have published my KromoGirls, a project created in those years. Since 2012 I have also been decorator and curator of the ‘Mostra dell’Artigianato Artistico Abruzzese’ of Guardiagrele (Ch), an exciting experience which enables me to learn about special artists capable of giving life, by means of their hands, to incredible works of art.