Marlene Farrugia

Occupation: Dentist, MP

Age: 51

Best memory from the Malta of my youth is… having open countryside with frogs and tadpoles.

Malta's biggest challenge is… to re-establish good governance and rule of law.

My life motto is… do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Marlene Farrugia shows a fearless attitude to life in a picture from her baby days.

The best thing I've recently read was… Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid.

Facebook is… brilliant.

My ideal Friday night is… reading in my favourite corner with some mood-matching/ enhancing music in the background.

If I didn't do this job, I’d be… running a children's home.

I never expected politics to be so… cruel.

My favourite quote right now is… ”be the change you want to see” - Mahatma Ghandi.

If I could be any age for a week, I'd be... 80, so that I can check if I should get to that stage or not.

My favourite word is… love.

"If I had to describe my life using film titles…La Vita e Bella!" Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

My first thought when I woke up this morning was... my plants are very happy. They love rain.

The celebrity I would like to sit next to on a public bus ride is... Pope Francis.

When I die, I hope people remember me as… the woman who challenged the patriarchal status quo.

My next vacation spot will be… Porto, Portugal.

The most under-rated quality of life on an island is… being so close to the vast open Mediterranean Sea.

Marlene Farrugia restfully enjoying time outside with her daughters.

Roof-top terraces are meant for… chilling out with friends and families, reading, dreaming and looking into the stars on a dark navy blue night.

If I had to describe my life using film titles…La Vita e Bella.

If I could take credit for any great piece of art/song/film/book it would be…A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolfe.

I get my best ideas when…I’m between sleep and waking up.

Working to live, or working is living? Work just to live.

Marlene Farrugia posing with some supporters for a selfie. Photo: Facebook.