FAMILY MEMBERS. | Alessio Mancini | 61 | Healer | Muggleborn
Isabel Mancini | 60 | Healer | Halfblood
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Charlotte Mancini | 28 | Healer
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CHILDHOOD. | Lottie grew up the exact middle child of a large family. With 2 older and 2 younger siblings, she always had someone to play with, though she often found herself torn between not being big enough to keep up with the older kids, and being too old to be entertained by the same things that the younger kids liked to do. Because of that, Lottie found great comfort in her mother. Isabel took off work until all of her children were Hogwarts aged so she could be very present in their lives. Their father, Alessio, would take summers off too so the family could spend their summers in their favorite place, his homeland, Italy; Sicily to be precise.
Some of Lottie's favorite memories of her childhood came from running on the beaches with cousins and siblings chasing after her, climbing on rocks near the shore (and always scraping her knees), and eating the most delicious foods on the patio with laughter all around her.
Lottie felt the loss when her two older students started Hogwarts before she did, it was weird being the oldest child in the home and she felt the weight of wanting to help with her younger siblings. Her mother never put that responsibility on her, but was always grateful for Lottie’s eagerness to help.
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SCHOOL YEARS | Lottie was the third of her siblings to attend Hogwarts. She was sorted into Hufflepuff house, which was no surprise given her mellow demeanor. She loved school, and she loved being closer with her siblings again. However, she quickly became known as just the younger sibling of her older siblings. And while she didn't resent that, she did want to be her own person.
She did well in her classes and excelled along the Healer track. Just like her parents. She passed her OWLs and NEWTs with mostly E's and O's. She studied hard, but she'd be lying if she didn't admit that those kinds of things just came naturally to her. She cared about people and she knew that Healing was going to be the best way to do her part for the world.
Summers outside of Hogwarts were still spent in Italy, though as she and her siblings made friends, they often were allowed to bring their closest ones along. While she loved her time at Hogwarts, she still felt the most at home at the villa on the western coast of Sicily. It was during those summers that she had the most growth. That she really started to find herself and figure out who she was. It was those magic free summers spent mostly with muggles that made Lottie really appreciate the dichotomy of the worlds she lived in.
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ADULTHOOD. | Upon Graduation Lottie started right away at St. Mungos as a Healer trainee. She knew she wanted to work in Maternity immediately. She loved babies and she wanted to be an advocate for mothers and their children. She loved getting to be alongside her patients during their journeys into motherhood and she loved knowing that she was able to help them, whether it was providing medical intervention, or just making them comfortable as they let their bodies do their thing.
The family trip to Sicily the summer after her Graduation was marked with sorrow rather than joy. Nonna wasn’t doing well, and it was only after all of her children and grandchild had assembled that Nonna allowed herself to let go and drifted off to greet death in her sleep. The death of her grandmother created a ripple in their once happy place. Italy became a sore subject. While all her children agreed to mutually own the Villa and keep it in the family for anyone who wanted to use it, it often was left untouched. The memories faded replaced by the heartbreak.
Outside of work, Lottie enjoys watching Quidditch (She's a huge fan of the Italian National Team, obviously), trying new restaurants, drinking coffee, browsing bookshops, and spending time with her family and beloved friends. Lottie lives alone in a small studio flat in muggle London. Growing up with muggle grandparents, Lottie feels fairly at home in the muggle world.
Despite her intense love OF life, her love-life has been rather slow. Her family said it was because she spent so much of her free time working and picking up shifts rather than getting herself out there. Maybe they were right...
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