Cuban by birth, Italian for love. Born in Havana in 1987, she is the eldest of four children living with their parents in Guanabacoa (Cuba). From 2010, two months after her marriage to her trainer Massimo Matrone, she moved to Salerno. In 2013, she obtained eligibility to run for Italy and in the same year she broke the 400m hurdles Italian record. Like all authentic Cubans, she loves music and dancing (but she’s also keen on literature), and just like a real Italian, she loves ‘pasta bolognese’. Among other things, in Italy she discovered the cold. In Rio, therefore she wants to warm the hearts of her Italian supporters.