• Awards & Funding

  • 2025 – Bristol Redistro Fund

  • 2024 – WEMA Freelance Creative Education Grant

  • 2023 – Resident at Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol, UK

  • 2023 – Intercultural Roots Grant – Art and Movement Residency, Yorkshire, UK

  • 2021 – Traumlands Project, Arts Council England

  Selected Artistic Experience & Performances

  • Multidisciplinary Artist & Workshop Facilitator, Various Bristol/Cornwall companies (01/2018 – current)

    • Performer, Wake the Tiger, Bristol (immersive/celebratory installation, 10/2022–05/2024)

    • Performer, “The Wall” by Juan Ayala – Tobacco Factory, Bristol (10/2022–04/2023)

    • Performer, Bristol Physical Theater, Space 238, Bristol (01/2019–06/2019)

    • Performer & Workshop Facilitator, Swamp Circus, Cornwall (04/2019–07/2019)

    • Performer & Workshop Facilitator, Eden Project, Cornwall (07/2018–09/2018)

  • Arts & Crafts Facilitator, Eden Project, Cornwall (10/2017–06/2018) – Led hands-on creative workshops for diverse audiences in environmental/arts venue

  Related Professional Experience

  • SEN Coach and Tutor, Zen Educate, South West England / Listen&Learn, London (09/2025 – current) – Supporting inclusive education and SEN students with tailored learning and emotional support

  • Multilingual Language Consultant / Cultural Mediator, Language Empire & LSUK, Bristol / Oncall, London (01/2018 – current) – High-quality interpreting and mediation in public health, asylum, and Home Office contexts

  • Home Office Language Liaison & Communication Specialist (ITA/FR/ENG), Home Office, Oxford (01/2019–01/2020)

  • Private Tutoring (Online & In-Person), Freelance (01/2015 – current) – Languages, arts, and creative skills

  • Media Production & Communication Specialist, Radiosonar, Rome / Radiogas, Prato (01/2008–01/2018) – Bilingual radio DJ, content coordination, public storytelling

  Education

  • Diploma: Special Needs and SENCO – Vanderbilt University IRIS Center

  • MA: Italian Culture & Language for Foreigners – University of Bologna, Italy (2014–2016)

    Internship: Italian Studies – Université De Caen Normandie, France

  • BA: Linguistic & Intercultural Mediation – La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy (2011–2014)

  • Certificate: 150h Advanced TEFL/TESOL – TEFL Universal (10/2025–01/2026)

Skills Overview

• Workshop facilitation & community arts delivery (inclusive, participatory, mixed-access groups)

• Special Needs Awareness & SEN support (Diploma from Vanderbilt IRIS Center)

• Emotional intelligence, flexibility, adaptability, problem-solving & project management

• Intercultural & linguistic mediation

• Physical theatre, clowning, fooling, puppetry & celebratory performance

• Arts & crafts, creative education, and public engagement

Skills Overview

Languages

• Fluent (C2/Native): Italian, Russian, Romanian

• Fluent/Advanced (C1): English, French, German

• Conversational: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese