Journalist and writer
She studied languages and in 2002/3 lived in Toronto, where she worked for the daily newspaper Corriere Canadese. She has been writing about travel and culture for 42 years and has published around one hundred reports on Sardinia, mainly for the magazine Dove, where she served as deputy editor-in-chief until 2009.
She worked for various Rizzoli publications for 25 years, starting as a reporter at Corriere della Sera, and later moved to the island of San Pietro, which she has frequented since she was one year old.
She is editor of the online pubblication Carloforte Magazine, she was founder and president of the association Libera Università di Carloforte for ten years. She is author of the two guides of the Parco Geominerario Storico e Ambientale della Sardegna, Miniere al sole (2008 and 2010 editions), published by AM&D in Cagliari.
For Libera Università di Carloforte she edited and partly wrote the short story collections Viola, Carloforte luogo dell’anima, and Siamo stati naviganti, published by Youcanprint.
She is the author of the book From Darkness to Light, Marine Byssus and Chiara Vigo (Cartabianca, translated into English, French, and German, now in its third edition) and of the illustrated volume Chiara Vigo, the Last Master of Marine Byssus, published by Carlo Delfino.
She has edited and/or contributed to the Dove travel guides attached to Corriere della Sera (Tuscany, Lombardy and Sardinia). She conceived and produced the Dove dossiers on Dolomites, Trentino, Piedmont, Sicily, Campania, as well as special features on South Tyrol, Gargano, Sulcis Iglesiente and Medio Campidano.
She has contributed or contributes to:
Dove, Io Donna, Oggi, Gente, Style Magazine, Style Piccoli, Sette, Amica, Elle, Grazia, Il Giornale, Marie Claire, Yacht & Sail, Tu Style, Wise Society, Coast Magazine, Mare Nostrum, YCCS, Neos, Bellitalia, In Viaggio, Il Venerdì di Repubblica, Echi Liberi, Echi Donna, Mediterraneaonline.eu, Benessere, Lonely Planet Magazine and the Corriere della Sera website.
Press office roles:
- 2023: Raixe, digital archives for Tabarchino culture in Calasetta, project Raixe d’amare
- 2022: press office for the theatre, circus, dance, and music festival Marballu’s Fest, Carloforte
- 2021: head of press office for the Raixe project and festival Culture d’amare
- 2009: head of external relations for the Province of Carbonia Iglesias, particularly for the Sulcis Iglesiente Local Tourism System
- 2009: press office for the European project Mediterranean Wetlands, including Sardinia
She has managed 360-degree communication projects, with experience in radio, television, and social media, as well as the production of exhibitions, documentaries, events, brochures, websites, and conferences.
