Born in Perth, Australia, Margie was raised the ninth child to loving Italian migrant parents. At age thirty-nine, she was diagnosed with scleroderma, a rare and incurable autoimmune disease.

Margie’s humble, spiritual and positive values have helped her nurture constant faith in her body’s own ability of healing itself.

The importance of a holistic approach to healing was a major part of her transformation, and Margie’s poems are a sincere, emotional insight, which she shares in hope of helping others on a similar journey.