Date of birth:                     29th May 1977

 

Place of birth:                    Como, Italy

 

Nationality:                         Italian

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LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE AND COMPUTER LITERACY:

 

● Languages:             Italian (native speaker, C2), German (excellent, C1/C2), English (very good, B2/C1), French (good, B1), Russian (elementary, A1)

● PC & Software:     MS Office (very good), web conferences tools like Zoom/Teams (very good), web design & graphics with WordPress, Jimdo, Wix and Canva   

                                (good)

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Teaching and language services

 

currently, since 2010            Italian teacher in adult education

• Private lessons (in person and online, levels A1 to B2)

• 2014-2017: Italian and German teacher at SKT - Sprachen, Kommunikation & Training GmbH, Giessen/Limeshain (private courses and courses for company employees)

• since 2017: Italian teacher at VHS Gießen and VHS Wetterau (in-classroom and online on vhs.cloud, levels A1 to B1)

 

currently, since 2005            Assistant at booth and interpreter at the trade fair (Frankfurt, Hannover)

• Interpreter (IT, DE, EN, FR)

• Reception, product presentation, sales, stand organisation, service

 

currently, since 2005            Translator/Interpreter (IT, DE, EN, FR) for private customers and translation offices

• Translation of manuals, websites, documents, correspondence, certificates

• Interpreting at public offices, notaries’, hospitals

 

12/2022 – 07/2023      Teacher for courses of Italian as language of origin (“HSU”) for CGIL Bildungswerk e.V., Frankfurt am Main

• Course of Italian Language and Culture for children from the 1st class, level beginner (in Giessen)

 

Organisation, communication and press & PR

 

03/2023-12/2025        Assistant of the administration office and social media manager at CGIL Bildungswerk e.V., Frankfurt am Main

                                  (Project „HSU-Italienisch“ / courses of Italian as language of origin)

• Back office

• Communication with families, teachers, schools and institutions

• Updating of the website (Wordpress), administration of the social media (Facebook, Instagram) and creation of promotional material

 

01/2013 – 03/2013      Personal assistant to the President and the World Choir Games at Interkultur Management GmbH, Frankfurt am Main

• Office management; internal and external communication; correspondence (DE, EN); translations (IT) and writing of blog texts (DE, EN)

 

currently, since 2004            Honorary activiy

                                   Board member in charge for press work and PR at Deutsch-Italienische Gesellschaft Mittelhessen e.V. (German-Italian Association)

• Responsible for press work, bilingual updating of the website and the social media (Jimdo, Canva, Facebook)

• Planning, organisation and presentation of cultural events and projects (in person & online)

• Support to the board’s and association’s work (reports, project management, assistance of the guests)

 

06/2003 – 12/2003      Trainee at Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Italian Cultural Institute), Wolfsburg

• Assistance in the organisation of events; press work and PR; interpreting and writing of texts (DE, IT); administration and information

 

Journalism

 

2003 – 2023                Freelance journalist for www.tid-press.net and Gießener Zeitung

• Writing of articles and PR texts in German and Italian with photos; attending press conferences and press tours

 

Office administration and customer care

 

03/2005 – 12/2012      Foreign language assistant for domestic and international sales at Meta Bearings Distribution GmbH, Giessen

• International customer support, export and order processing; interpreting (DE, EN, IT, FR)

 

03/2005 - 12/2012      Office Assistant at Büro Translate4you, Giessen

• On-site office administration, contact with translators and customers; layout editing of translations

 

07/2004 – 06/2005      Researcher employee (projects with Italy) at Ralf Zimmerschied Personalberatung KG, Wetzlar

• Identification of target companies; initial telephone contact and interviews with Italian candidates; writing of reports (DE, IT)

 

 

ACADEMIC AND SCHOOL EDUCATION:

 

10/2006 – 07/2011      Ph.D. in Literature and Cultural Studies (Dr. phil.) at Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen (in the IPP / memeber of GCSC)

• Doctoral thesis in German Studies; result: cum laude

 

2004                            Researcher an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen at the Institut für Germanistik

                                    (scholarship holder of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan/Italy and DAAD)

 

10/1996 – 10/2002      Master’s degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan/Italy

• Specialization: German Studies; further languages and literatures: Russian, English

• Master thesis in „German Literature“ (result: 110/110 e lode)

• 10/1998-07/1999: ERASMUS student at the Katholische Universität Eichstätt/Germany

 

09/1991 - 07/1996      Secondary school specializing in modern languages „Orsoline di S. Carlo“, Como/Italy

• Foreign languages: English, German, French

• High school-leaving certificate (result: 60/60)

 

 

FURTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS:

 

Cultural work:            Presentation of my multimedia conference „Die Capri-Fischer… Italienschlager und Italienbild“ at German-Italian cultural institutions

 

Driving license:          Class B

 

Hobbies:                     travelling, yoga, horse riding, swimming, reading

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