She holds a Master’s degree in Languages and Economic Institutions of East Asia (Chinese language) obtained in 2008, and a PhD in Development Economics from the University of Florence, completed in 2014. Her doctoral research – Chinese Economic Reforms and Social Change: effect on internal migrants' well-being – explored the socio-economic impact of internal migration in China, combining qualitative fieldwork and econometric analysis. She spent three years living, researching, and studying in China, including periods as a visiting scholar at Peking University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, she integrates socio-economic research with intercultural management. At the UNESCO Chair SPRINT-Lab, she contributes to projects on migration, socio-economic analysis, and intercultural dialogue.