Born and raised in Milan, Italy, she moved to Canada in 2007. She holds a BA and MA in Communications and Semiotics from the University of Milan. She worked in Communication and AD field for 8 years in downtown Milan first and then Calgary. Her area of expertise is Semiotics, Applied Semiotics, Strategic analysis and Branding.

Her love for Italian language has drawn her into teaching Italian with the FIS department at the University of Calgary and with Continuing Education between 2010 and 2022.

She uses Semiotics and visual Semiotics in her teaching as she believes the learning a language involves more than grammar and syntax. It is the art of handling all the different aspects of the communication process