Francesca De Poi

Francesca De Poi is a 27-year-old woman from Treviso, Italy, who has been living with incomplete tetraplegia since 2018 due to a mysterious illness. Her life dramatically changed after suffering cardiac arrests shortly after moving to London for university. Despite her physical limitations, Francesca has shown remarkable resilience, completing her studies in Business Administration and later earning a master's degree in Economics, Management, and Innovation. She now works as a consultant focused on sustainability, using eye-tracking technology to communicate and perform her job remotely. Recently, she made headlines by appealing to the medical community for help in finding a diagnosis that could allow her access to experimental treatments, highlighting her ongoing struggle for movement and independence.