Today, I am an embodied, trauma-informed practitioner and a multidisciplinary researcher dedicated to healing and well-being. Alongside my therapeutic work, I work as a Teaching Fellow and Early Career Researcher at the University of Edinburgh.

If I were to trace the arc of my professional journey, it would begin in the corridors of A&E in Italy, where I completed my nursing training in 2015. I still remember the intensity of those moments and how captivated I was by the space in-between bodies seeking care. Later, in 2020, while working in an ICU in Scotland, I began to notice something shift: my gaze narrowed, my shoulders curled inward. It was as if my body, after long hours at the bedside, had begun to cocoon itself. Instinctively seeking protection. In that awareness, I sensed both a rupture and a doorway to something new.

That threshold led me to pursue a PhD exploring what I care most deeply about: the intersection of nursing, emotion, and trauma. Alongside my academic work, I trained in Somatic Experiencing®, trauma healing, and nervous system regulation.