From the age of eleven to eighteen, I practiced competitive whitewater kayaking with the Italian Navy’s youth team and took part in the European Junior Championships. I also worked as a lifeguard for ten summer seasons. These experiences taught me to prepare carefully, stay calm under pressure and take responsibility for other people’s safety.
I have always learned by making and repairing things. At sixteen, I built a small stilt house. Later, I used 3D design to plan furniture and rebuilt much of the mechanical and electrical system of a 1990 Iveco Daily Van. Software became another way to understand systems and turn ideas into working products.
Teaching logistics for three school years, alongside technical courses for students and adults, added another dimension to how I work. I learned to turn broad subjects into structured learning paths, create original materials and adapt language, examples and pace to different starting points. In 2024, I designed and taught a Project Management course for ITS Logistica Sostenibile, building on my master’s thesis and using the PMBOK® Guide — Seventh Edition as its main bibliographic reference. For PNRR programmes, I also developed and delivered courses on entrepreneurship, startup development and personal finance. Across these different settings, teaching trained me to make complex ideas practical and to verify whether they had truly been understood, not simply explained.
