Name: Theresa Picciallo
Year: 2016
Major: Cinema Studies, Minor: Consumer Psych
Left Ankle: This is Theresa’s first and most poignant tattoo. It is a tribute to her father’s birthday—he passed away when she was very young. The number seems to pop up whenever she’s having a tough time, and it reminds her to keep faith and to keep pushing through.
Right foot: “Picciyolo” knew this Drake–inspired acronym before it was cool. A friend from home played the song for her before it leaked. And, because it was Drake, she knew it would be big. Theresa had wanted to get a “You Only Live Once” tattoo for a while, but her mom deemed it too long for to be tatted. She had never thought to abbreviate it, though, until she heard the song. When she told the tattoo artist what the acronym meant, he wouldn’t let her do it in the plain, black letters she had intended. Instead, she added lots of color. YOLO, right?
Back of her neck: "Live” is the word her family, well, lives by. She told us she would rather live in a box doing what she loves than have all the money in the world doing something she hates. According to Theresa, it is literally and metaphorically the most important word there is.
Parent Approved?: Yes, but her mom says three is enough.
