strength to survive

Natalia Esdaile-Watts was 18 and in her first year of a graphic design course at TAFE, when she met “a handsome stranger” at the cinema. “He was sitting behind me leaning forward the entire time,” Esdaile-Watts, 39, tells WHO. As the credits rolled, he spoke: “Hey, what’s your name?” When Esdaile-Watts answered, he excitedly asked if she was Italian. “I said no and already felt like I’d disappointed him,” she reflects. “It is