I first started teaching in high school, when I took on a role as pastoral and academic educator to primary school children teaching English. As soon as I completed my IB diploma, I started teaching GCSE level and IB subjects and have done so ever since.  

I am particularly experienced in teaching students whose first language is not English. This is partly because I myself am fluent in another language, but mostly because I have had the experience of being taught an English curriculum after being raised in an Italian context. I have found I am able to relate to the students’ difficulties and identify which parts of a GCSE, A Level or IB curriculum students who are new to the British education system may find more challenging. When I first started teaching IB, I worked through a first-class learning centre based in Milan, which meant many of my students have been Italian, or international. 

I have taught a variety of different class sizes: many of my students take one on one lessons, but I have also taught revision classes to more extended groups of up to 6 and groups of 2/3 children who prefer to take group classes with their friends.  

Beyond academic teaching, I have also provided guidance and support for entry into boarding schools. Having been through this process myself, I am particularly sensitive to how important finding the right school is, as well as what elements to look out for and which to avoid. 

I have also mentored for entry into Oxbridge, supporting students with identifying their specific academic interests, constructing a reading list, writing personal statements and conducting mock interviews. I love the process of writing a personal statement, as it is always a journey of academic discovery for each student and it is so wonderful to see students progressively discovering what they are really passionate about.  

I grew up and studied in Milan until the age of 16, when I moved to a boarding school in the UK. During that time, I experienced a range of educational experiences: an International primary school, an Italian high school and a British boarding school. Each of these systems taught me something different and I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to experience different teaching styles and cultures and it is something that has enabled me to translate these diverse styles into my own lessons. I consider both English and Italian to be my ‘mother tongue’, but certainly going to an Italian school has given me an insight into what it is like to learn English as a second language, as I supported my classmates in their English studies and started understanding the basics of teaching in a second language. It was during my time in Milan attending an Italian high school that I started teaching younger students English as a second language. I really enjoyed taking on this first teaching role, especially as it often coincided with pastoral care and allowed me to build relationships of trust with my students that I greatly valued and indeed I am still in contact with some of them today! 

Having completed my high school studies in the UK and having graduated with the IB Diploma, I then moved on to attend university in the UK, studying History and Politics at the University of Oxford which I loved. During COVID, I moved back to Italy to be close to my family and worked as an educator throughout the year, on top of my job working in an election campaign in Rome. This was my first introduction to teaching online and gave me the experience of teaching younger children online, which is quite different to teaching older students. I loved that even through a screen we were able to make lessons fun and enjoyable, as I was especially keen to make sure that our sessions were different from the many hours of online learning they were experiencing day to day.  

Outside of teaching and working, I am passionate about music, as I play the violin and the piano. Other hobbies of mine include cooking, yoga and reading.