Experience

Fondazione Valter Longo Onlus

• Italy
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Director and Communication Activities

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Program Director at Fondazione Valter Longo Onlus, a non-profit Foundation in the field of nutrition, disease prevention and therapy, as well as education and awareness-raising activities for health professionals, schools, and the general public regarding healthy longevity and lifestyle, nutrition, physical exercise, food and culture, and food history. Program Director at Fondazione Valter Longo Onlus, a non-profit Foundation in the field of nutrition, disease prevention and therapy, as well as education and awareness-raising activities for health professionals, schools, and the general public regarding healthy longevity and lifestyle, nutrition, physical exercise, food and culture, and food history.



University of Southern California

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Coordinator for the USC Genoa Summer Program “Nutrition, Genes, Longevity, and Diseases”

  • Jun 2010 - Present

  Coordinator for the Genoa Program in “Nutrition, Genes, Longevity, and Diseases” taught by the famous scientist Professor Valter Longo. In charge of the organisation and coordination of the program for the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

• Lecturer and Coordinator Florence Program USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

  • Jan 2017 - Jul 2019

  I used to teach Mediterranean Food History and Culture courses for the University of Southern California using food production, distribution, and consumption as a lens to understand historical, economic, cultural, and social changes. I investigated the close connection between food production and consumption and: 1) human rights by analyzing human beings’ exploitation in the past and the present and ancient and contemporary slavery and by exploring fair trade movement and production; 2) the environment by investigating the environmental impact of food production and consumption and the postmodern search for sustainability. Furthermore, I analyzed food as a tool to create cultural exchange and integration or division and segregation. I also examined the history of fasting and the search for longevity and immortality. Lastly students experienced food tastings, cooking classes, olive and grape harvest, food “migrant tours” to learn how to understand, analyze, and appreciate the mechanisms of taste and the strong connection between food and memory. Show less

• University Lecturer

  • Jan 2006 - Jun 2011

  -Italian Language at all levels-Writing about Italian Literature: “The Shoah in Italian Cinema and Literature” -Writing about Italian Literature. “The Image of the Moon in Modern Italian Literature and Art” -Summer Program in Verona. Italian Literature and Culture. “The Powerful Prince, the Fierce Condottiere, and the Talented Artist: Italian Renaissance Art and Literature”-Modern and Postmodern Italian Literature and Cinema: “Young People and Italian Culture in Contemporary Italian Literature and Cinema”- Developed courses: “Italian Noir in Cinema and Literature”, “Italian Culture and Society Through Music”, “Introduction to Italian Cinema”, “The New Italian Epic, Wu Ming, and Noir Novels and Films in the New Millennium”, “Italian Women Directors”, “Italian Literature and Cinema till the 70s”, “Migration in Italian Cinema”, and “Business Italian” Show less



Istituto Lorenzo de'​ Medici

• Program Creator and University Lecturer

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  I created the Program of Yoga Studies at Istituto Lorenzo De Medici for Various American University, in the field of Religious Studies/Yoga Course “Yoga: Meditation, Breathing, and Spirituality” I created the Program of Yoga Studies at Istituto Lorenzo De Medici for Various American University, in the field of Religious Studies/Yoga Course “Yoga: Meditation, Breathing, and Spirituality”



Syracuse University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Film Studies -University Lecturer

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  Cinema Course “Italian Cinema from 1945 to the present” Cinema Course “Italian Cinema from 1945 to the present”



University of California

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• University Lecturer

  • Aug 2011 - Dec 2017

  University of California UCEAP/ Accent Center Florence, Italy Lecturer -Mediterranean Food and Culture, UC Florence, Sicily, and Barcelona Program: “Making the Mediterranean. Cultural Encounters” -Directed/ Independent Studies Instructor for Cultural Courses: “Italian Food History, Cuisine and the Mediterranean Diet in Cinema”, “Italian Food History, Cuisine and the Mediterranean Diet in Art History”, “Images of Italy and Florence in Italian and International Literature”, “Italy as a Destination: The Grand Tour and Beyond”, “Italian History and Society Through Music”, “Italy and Florence in Postmodern Literature: Noir and Crime Fiction”. -Mediterranean Food and Culture, UC Istanbul, Florence, and Barcelona Program: “Making the Mediterranean. Cultural Encounters” -Guest Speaker for the Course “History and Culture of Food in Italy”. Presentation “Pierre De La Varenne and his French Cook” -Cinema Course: “Florence in Italian and International Cinema” and Film Writing Workshop and Film Directing Workshop in collaboration with the New York Film Academy -Italian Language Show less



New York Film Academy

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Improv and Voice and Movement Instructor

  • Sep 2014 - May 2017

  Instructor -Voice and Movement -Improvisation Instructor -Voice and Movement -Improvisation



CET

• Education Administration Programs
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Food History - University Lecturer

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

  Course “Food and Culture in Italy” for Cornell University, Vanderbilt, and UW Madison Course “Food and Culture in Italy” for Cornell University, Vanderbilt, and UW Madison



University of Minnesota

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Comparative Literature and Writing - University Lecturer

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2014

  Writing, Creative Writing, and American and British Literature Course, “Visions of Florence in International Literature”, and Creative Writing Workshop in collaboration with the Italian poet Marco Simonelli Writing, Creative Writing, and American and British Literature Course, “Visions of Florence in International Literature”, and Creative Writing Workshop in collaboration with the Italian poet Marco Simonelli



University of California, Los Angeles

• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• University Lecturer

  • Jan 2007 - Mar 2007

  Italian Language at all levels

• Graduate Teaching Assistant and Associate

  • Sep 2000 - Dec 2006

  -Intensive Italian -Italian Language at all levels-Technology Teaching Consultant for Graduate Students in 2003-Reader for the Course "Dante in English"



National Foreign Language Center

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Education Professional

  • Nov 2005 - Dec 2005

  National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland College Park MD Subject Matter Expert for Langnet a language learning support system with interactive materials National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland College Park MD Subject Matter Expert for Langnet a language learning support system with interactive materials



Istituto Italiano Di Cultura

• Colombia
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Course Instructor and Curriculum Coordinator

  • Aug 2001 - Jun 2005

  Instructor Italian 1, 2, 3, and Basic and Advanced Conversation Curriculum Coordinator for the Language and Cultural School Lingua Viva in 2005 Instructor Italian 1, 2, 3, and Basic and Advanced Conversation Curriculum Coordinator for the Language and Cultural School Lingua Viva in 2005



Cengage

• United Kingdom

• Online Video Producer for the Italian Language Intermediate Book, Tognozzi and Cavatorta’s“Ponti”

  • May 2003 - Jun 2003

  Online Video Producer for Tognozzi and Cavatorta’s“Ponti” Online Video Producer for Tognozzi and Cavatorta’s“Ponti”



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 1999 - Aug 2000

  Italian Language Italian Language



East West Consulting Ltd.

• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Project Manager

  • Jul 1998 - Jul 1999

  I worked as a project manager for a consulting company of the European Union for MEDA (Euro-Mediterranean Partnership), PHARE (Assistance for Reconstruction of Economy – Central and Eastern European Countries), and TACIS (Technical Assistance for the Commonwealth of Independent States - former Soviet Republics) Programs. I worked as a project manager for a consulting company of the European Union for MEDA (Euro-Mediterranean Partnership), PHARE (Assistance for Reconstruction of Economy – Central and Eastern European Countries), and TACIS (Technical Assistance for the Commonwealth of Independent States - former Soviet Republics) Programs.


English-Deutsch Institute and Iber Contact Italia
• Translator

  • Jan 1998 - Dec 1998

VIRAX BORGHI ITALIA S.R.L.
• Italy
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Translator, Interpreter, and Administrative Assistant

  • Feb 1997 - Aug 1998

Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium - Odin Teatret
• Press Officer

  • Jun 1997 - Jun 1997