April 2024 - Present:

Associate Professor in Digital Trade
School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies, Teesside University (UK)

September 2022 – Present:

Assistant Professor & Manager of the Digital Trade Integration Project
European University Institute (IT)

September 2016 – Present:

Strategic consultant on digital trade, data flows, and related topics (United Nations, World Bank, World Economic Forum, among others)

May 2014 – Present:

Research Associate
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), Brussels (BE)

April 2017 - December 2020

CEO & Co-Founder of Oral3D
Funds raised: >230K

October 2013 – March 2014:

Consultant and Trainee
European Commission – DG DECVO, Brussels (BE)

August 2012 – June 2013:

Consultant and Trainee
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)(TH)

September 2020 – August 2022:

Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (IT)

January 2020 - April 2020:

Fab Academy - by MIT (US)

May 2019 – December 2019:

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Law & Economics Hamburg University (DE)

September 2018 – February 2019:

Policy Leader Fellow at the European University Institute (IT)

December 2017 – April 2018:

Research Fellow at California International Law Center, UC Davis (US)

June 2017 – December 2017

Next General Scholar at SIPA, Columbia University (US)

July 2016 – October 2019:

PhD in Law & Economics, Hamburg University (DE)

September 2011 – June 2013

Master Degree (Summa cum laude) in Economic Internationalization, Integration and International Trade, Valencia University (ES)

September 2008 – July 2011

Bachelor degree (Summa cum Laude) in Economics and Institutions of European and International Integration, ‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome (IT)

August 2010 – January 2011

Exchange Program (Erasmus)
Stockholm University, Stockholm (SE)

2014-2022:

Additional courses:
– Teaching certificate - by EUI
- 5G: Understanding Main Policy Challenges - by EUI Summer School on Internet Law – by Geneva University
– Understanding Economic Policy-Making – by IE Business School
– Learning Creative Learning - by MIT Media Lab
– Bio-hack Academy – by Wetlab Amsterdam
– The Course on Additive Manufacturing for Business Leaders – by Deloitte University Press

April 2015 – Present:

Founder and President of Fab Lab Western Sicily : NGO supporting digital creative education in Sicily
Students trained: >2000

2021 – Present:

Member of the Steering Committee of Fondazione Edison

2020 – Present:

Member of the Steering Committee of Fondazione Comunitaria di Trapani e Agrigento

January 2015 – March 2015:

Visiting Fellow, Garagem FabLab, São Paulo (Brazil)

June 2020 – Present:

Founder of Sicilian Valley: a network of people working on digital education and innovation in Sicily

February 2020 – December 2020:

Coordination support for Makers Sicilia and Make In Italy networks to coordinate the response of makers during the pandemic

Proficient speaker:

English, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish

Mother tongue:

Italian

-2023: Nova 111 List

-2022: Atlantic Dialogue Emerging Leaders (ADEL)

-2022: Top 100 Women in Social Enterprise

-2020: Premio 91025

-2020: Fab Academy: Scholarship Fiore Basile

-2018: TEDxTalk Lake Como

-2018: Digitalic list of 15 most influential Italian women on digital

-2018: Reality Under 30 Award by Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

-2018: Forbes 30 Under 30

-2017: Cyber Fellowship at Columbia University

-2017: FabLab Western Sicily as the most innovative startup in Sicily

-2016: Oral3D: Winner of accelerator program Fabulous

-2015: “Leader of Tomorrow” at the St. Gallen Symposium

-2013: Award for Academic Excellence from the University of Valencia

I love the sea and windsurfing immediately stole my heart when I tried for the first time at the age of 7. After then, I competed for 10 years at the national and international level. My best results have been a silver medal in Windsurf World Championship in 2006 and several gold medals in national competitions.

More than a windsurfer, I am now a sailor and I have fun also with waterpolo and rowing. I am an incurable traveller and love discovering new places and cultures.

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