Early Life, Family and Training Viera Collaro was born on 30 June 1946 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Her heritage is a blend of her Slovak mother and Greek father, a lineage that shaped her early years in a city then part of Czechoslovakia. This multicultural background provided a foundation for a life that would eventually find its center in the light and reflections of Northern Europe. Her formal education began with a move toward the U…