SKOOLS
2021. ma, italian food&wine. università degli studi di padova.
culinary history&marketing.
2020. ma, italian studies. middlebury college. florence, italy.
mass media, communications, and cinema
thesis: “la morte del paradiso: l’anarchismo&il cinema di marco ferreri (the death of paradise: anarchism&the cinema of marco ferreri)”
2015. mfa, creative writing. university of new orleans. new orleans, louisiana.
screenwriting
thesis: “the stars of david: baseball cinema, collective identity, and the 1934 house of david baseball club”
2008. ba. screenwriting, italian studies. california state university. northridge, california
thesis: “streets, dreams, parades, and posters: ideology&identity in post-neorealist italian cinema"
YOBS
2021-2022. freelancing
2017-2019. california college of the arts
program manager, graduate fine arts, film and undergraduate film
2012-2015. university of new orleans division of international education
graduate assistant/office manager
2010-2012. la scuola di san francisco
italian preschool teacher
HONORS
2019. premio famiglia fiducia fund, middlebury college
2008. magna cum laude, california state university, northridge
mostly nothing in between
LANGUAGES
italian: best western
spanish: jokes&songs
french: when drunk