Skip to content As the community prepares for an incredibly difficult public funeral, friends, teachers, and grieving neighbors are choosing to remember Matilda not by the violent nature of her passing, but as a remarkably bright, deeply disciplined, and fiercely loving young woman who was completely full of beautiful dreams. Her sudden, unthinkable exit leaves a massive, permanent void within the tight-knit fabric of Italian figure skating and an agonizing, empty space in the hearts of every single person who had the distinct privilege of knowing her during her brief time on earth. Her legacy will continue to be honored on the ice she loved so dearly, serving as a powerful, enduring reminder to the world of a beautiful life that burned incredibly bright before being stolen away in a single, tragic instant.
