My career path

My professional journey began with a degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences, which led me to gain some experiences abroad.

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Back in Italy, I dedicated myself to corporate training: organizing, designing, tutoring, monitoring, and reporting on courses, both with private and public funding, at national and European levels.

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At the same time, I completed a three-year counseling program, later enriched by additional yearly courses and by my experience as a classroom tutor, co-trainer, and eventually lecturer in communication and workplace safety.

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For over ten years, I designed and delivered training courses for managers, workers, students, trainers, entrepreneurs, and trade union representatives.

Every class, every exchange, became an opportunity for growth and for refining the tools I could offer.

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Alongside training, I worked as a coach for three years, guiding people through their personal and professional stories, helping them rediscover hidden talents and long-forgotten dreams.

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Then I decided to start over.

At the end of 2018, I moved with my family to the Netherlands. A new language, a different culture, and bureaucratic, school, and work systems far removed from the Italian ones.

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Like a child, I had to study again to understand what was happening around me.
It was a real journey of learning and adaptation, while rebuilding my network from scratch and supporting my family in finding new points of reference. A profound change that transformed and enriched us all.

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With Covid, a pregnancy first and then a newborn, life took on a different rhythm.

One morning, while washing my face, I realized how much I missed my work as a coach—and what a waste it was to leave aside everything I had learned. So, I started working on the Coach for Breakfast podcast for six months. And then—on air!

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But I had left an important part of myself and of what I had experienced aside: expatriation. So I started again, this time with Coach for Expat—my second podcast, which paved the way for consultations on expatriation and career change.

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About a year ago, almost by chance, I began teaching Italian. “Me, an Italian teacher? No way!” I thought. And yet, yes: it was like being a coach, but in a different field. I drew on my ten years as a trainer and brought them back into the classroom, with the same energy and enthusiasm. I studied hard, challenged myself again, and rediscovered the joy of teaching.

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What keeps me going is enthusiasm and creativity. The rest? A little luck and a whole lot of hard, hard work.