Gaetana Sterni was a 19th-century Italian nun who established the Sisters of Divine Will. Born in Cassola in 1827, her life was marked by significant personal losses, including the deaths of her husband and her only child. These hardships motivated her to dedicate herself to helping others through an active apostolate. After years of working at a hospice for beggars, she founded her religious order in 1865, which focused on evangelic zeal and total devotion to Jesus Christ.