Director, screenwriter, journalist and graduate in Institutions and Policies for Human Rights and Peace. In 2017 she completed a Masters programma entitled Screenwriting ‘Carlo Mazzacurati’ at the University of Padua in Italy. She wrote and directed the short film Violenza invisibile (Invisible Violence), which explores psychological violence against women, and two documentaries: Ritratti in controluce (Backlit Portraits) and Ieri come oggi (Today Like Yesterday) and La Napoli di mio padre (My father's Naples), made with archive material, starring Valentina Bellè - Special Mention Nastri d'Argento 2021, winner of 27 awards (including Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Editing), selected for more than 90 international and Italian festivals and translated into 8 languages.

Since 2021 he has worked on the set and in the production of international films including Without Blood by Angelina Jolie, Conclave by Edward Berger, A Sudden Case of Christmas by Peter Chelsom with Danny De Vito, The Pope Exorcist of Julius Avery and as assistant to Israeli director Avi Nesher of The Monkey House.

In 2013 she published Amore mangiare tempi dello stage (Love in the Time of Internships), Galassia Arte, 2013, and two years later, Papà mi sacerdote i soldi che devo lavorare? (Dad Can I Have Some Money So I Can Work?), Feltrinelli, 2015. In 2017 she won a number of prizes for her journalistic inquiries: the "Premio Giornalistico Claudia Basso" for her investigation into PFAS contamination in Veneto, Italy; the "Premio Alessandra Bisceglia" for social communication; and the "Premio Massimiliano Goattin" for an inquiry into architectural barriers. In 2018 she was among the finalists for the "Premio Cesare Zavattini" for a project involving the creative re-use of archive cinema, as well as the "Premio Luzzati" for short films. My Father’s Naples is her first short film using archive images.

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