Mariesa Ferraro | London Calling

Mariesa Ferraro went to London for a six-month working holiday. She stayed for nearly twenty years. In between: a Kensington salon full of Aussies, London Fashion Week, a global beauty education role, an O-1 visa that required six months of paperwork, a 3am green room with Kris Kardashian, a one-bedroom apartment two streets behind Oxford Circus, a Facebook comment that led to meeting her now-husband Lee, a New Year's Eve wedding, a daughter born on Christmas Eve, and COVID making the decision to come home feel both terrifying and inevitable. Mariesa is now the Community Manager at Kismet and describes the timing of finding this role as exactly what she means when she talks about stars aligning. Mariesa is warm, funny and very honest about some delicate and difficult chapters. In this episode they cover: 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Mariesa's role at Kismet 02:00 Growing up in Adelaide and the London obsession 04:00 Fashion shows in the hallway 05:00 Year 11, flower shops and a hairdressing apprenticeship 07:00 Tony and Guy: Melbourne then London 10:00 Colour education and Saturdays off 12:00 London Fashion Week 14:00 New York: the O-1 visa and being Carrie Bradshaw 17:00 QVC at 3am 20:00 Moving back to London and meeting Lee 23:00 The Facebook comment that changed everything 26:00 New Year's Eve wedding, Christmas Eve baby 28:00 COVID and deciding to come home 32:00 IVF, loss and finding Kismet 38:00 Startmate and Stefan's LinkedIn message 41:00 Goals: always had them, just called them focuses 43:00 Luck, stars aligning and back yourself 47:00 Charlotte at eight: style, opinions and Moana 51:00 Raising a child with family in two countries 55:00 80th birthday: always there, always real 56:00 What would you tell little Mariesa? Follow us! Instagram: @kismethealthy LinkedIn: @kismethealthcare YouTube: @Kismethealthcare Apple Podcasts Kismet Contact us 📥 [email protected]