Born in Perugia, Umbria (center Italy), mother of two children: Marco (system integrator for science museums and a wannabe game designer) and Elisa (PhD at DLR-Germany, contract at GFZ, working for GRACE and CHAMP projects, she's an experienced ballet dancer, and she likes to play piano).

Hobbies: playing the piano (preferably Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, sometimes four-hands with Elisa), enjoying ballets, travelling on islands, writing tales.

Education: Music Conservatory, University (Perugia, Italy).

Area of Research: Finite Geometries, Translation Planes, Algebraic Varieties in Galois Geometries, Linear Codes, Secret Sharing Systems.