Loading
E![]()
author
Ekaterini
Ekaterini was born in Melbourne, Australia, to migrant Greek parents. When she was three and a half years of age, the family which also included a brother, decided to migrate back ...view moreEkaterini was born in Melbourne, Australia, to migrant Greek parents. When she was three and a half years of age, the family which also included a brother, decided to migrate back to Greece and establish a rabbit farm. The business failed and at the age of seven, she and her family returned to Australia again with only the proverbial suitcase. Within five years another two siblings were added to the clan. For a long time the family just made ends meet. Living in a city and with the aid of free public education she managed to complete a Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology, Cell Biology and Genetics. Due to the inability to find work she returned to school and became a high school teacher for Mathematics. Blessed with an artistic flare she was also commissioned to paint numerous murals and canvas paintings over a twenty year span. Throughout her life she has worked in the country and city areas dealing with fast food outlets, factories (book binding and manufacturing electrical goods), schools (teacher, lab technician and library technician), tutoring, being an artist, handy woman (painting, tiling, plumbing etc) and mother. Writing began at the age of ten when she wrote her first poem. She has travelled to Europe over ten times and with the moto, ‘Tomorrow is another day’, life is manageable and ... never boring.view less