Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • 02/2023 – ongoing, PhD in Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences – Joint Programme “International Doctorate For Experimental Approaches To Language And Brain” (IDEALAB) at Universities of Potsdam (Germany), Newcastle (UK), Groningen (The Netherlands), and Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)
  • 10/2014 – 01/2016, School for Sign Language Interpreters – National Association of the Deaf (Rome, Italy)
  • 10/2010 – 07/2014, MA in Linguistics – University of Florence (Italy)
  • 10/2006 – 07/2010, BA in Foreign Languages and Literature (Spanish and Swedish) – University of Milan (Italy)

Academic Employment

  • 2023, Academic Tutor, Macquarie University
  • 08/2021 – 01/2023, Research Scholarship, Institute for Maternal and Child Health IRCSS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste (Italy)
    • Project RC 42/2022 Introducing a novel approach to early interventions and diagnostic measures in children with hearing loss.
    • Project RC 17/2017 Clinical application of new tools in pediatric audiology to improve the prevention, evaluation, and rehabilitation of auditory-linguistic disorders.

Collaborations

  • 2023–ongoing, Favorire l’interazione comunicativa nei primi anni di vita: un progetto di neuroscienze cognitive e ricerca-azione educativa sulle relazioni fra gesto simbolico e parola, Fondazione CARITRO and Università di Trento (Italy)
  • 2023–ongoing, An early parent-centered multimodal intervention and diagnostic measures in children with hearing impairment: Feasibility study, Institute for Maternal and Child Health IRCSS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste (Italy)
  • 2022, Stato attuale delle politiche sanitarie italiane sulla sordità Argomenti di ACTA Otorhinolaryngologica Italica 2022;16(1):52-74 Official Journal of the Italian Society of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

Employment

  • 01/2016 – 01/2023, Freelance sign language interpreter
    • 01/2018 – 01/2023 – Interpreter and Tutor for deaf students at the University of Florence and University of Pisa
    • 08/2019 – 03/2020 – Interpreter and Tour Leader for Travel Agency La Tartaruga
    • 05/2017 – 03/2020 – Interpreter and Tour Leader for Travel Agency Mamberto Viaggi
  • 12/2017 – 01/2023, Workshop trainer, Baby Signs Italia, Padova (Italy)

  • 10/2014 – 07/2022 – Teacher for the deaf in elementary and middle schools

Training

Supervision experience

Experimental techniques and programming languages

  • EEG – eye-tracking – pupillometry
  • R – Matlab – Presentation

Networks

26/10/2018 I am a Member of ANIOS “National Association of Interpreters of Italian Sign Language”, Membership No. 107

Language skills

My native language is Italian. I am fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian Sign Language (LIS). I am familiar with Portuguese, French, Catalan, and Swedish.

  • 12/05/2022 IELTS Certificate, overall score 8 (C1)