But the 27-year-old, like thousands of other Italians working in the UK hospitality industry, now feels she has no option but to leave and return to Europe.
It was a referendum. People are were asked "do you want to leave the EU" and the majority of people said "yes". The British people have no one to blame but themselves.
I'm not Italian, but I am moving back to the EU in the next few months.
Life isn't perfect anywhere, but (at least for my wife and I) we decided that it's much better for us elsewhere.
Biggest things are the cost of living and the unwillingness for anyone in politics to talk constructively about solutions.
We basically realised that we could be paid similarly but have our CoL cut in half, while living somewhere we find nicer than London. It shouldn't have to be this way, but the current situation is outrageous.