Who we are
A professor, advisor and entrepreneur for over ten years, I began my professional career right after completing university. Although my passion for journalism initially led me to choose a degree in Communication Sciences— in which I graduated in 2008 with a final mark of 107/110 from Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan—I later decided to shift toward marketing and languages. I studied and worked abroad for several years, between Spain and Australia, becoming trilingual. I earned a Master’s degree in Marketing from Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, and briefly worked for a multinational company in the dental sector.
After returning to Italy, I chose to work independently, applying the knowledge I had gained in the previous years. I gave up pursuing a permanent employment contract in order to work as a freelancer. I began offering English and Spanish language courses and quickly discovered a world far more varied than I had expected. In addition to being contacted by students of all ages and levels with very different learning goals, I also received requests from translation agencies and training companies. Within a year, I had evolved from a private English tutor into a small enterprise capable of delivering comprehensive language services. I worked with schools and training institutions, delivering courses for multinational companies located in Milan and the Brianza area, and I maintained ongoing collaborations with both Italian and international translation firms.
This led me to diversify my activities and, in 2014, I founded Lingua Valley, a translation agency that allowed me not only to personally deliver courses and translations within my area of expertise, but also to expand operations by delegating to other professionals the projects I could not manage myself. Lingua Valley eventually provided translation and training services in more than 20 languages. We were among the first to systematically offer online language courses, at a time when digital education was still viewed with great skepticism.
Despite the typical ups and downs of self-employment—exacerbated in recent years by the pandemic and changes in the translation industry—I continued on this path. Although I chose not to continue with Lingua Valley due to shifts in the translation market, I established key partnerships in the private education sector. I have collaborated—and still collaborate—with prominent post-secondary institutions, business schools, higher technical institutes, and employment centers in Switzerland and Italy, such as Campus Ludes, Swiss School of Management, United International Business School, Confimprese, Machina Lonati, Fondazione Green, ITS Mobilità, Fondazione AMMI, and Informattiva.
As a result, I have spent several years working closely with a wide variety of students, many of whom view their future as a big question mark—students about to finish high school and looking for an academic or professional path, university students or those enrolled in post-diploma courses considering self-employment, and professionals who are temporarily unemployed and looking either to return to their previous role or to begin a new career path.
While working with some of these organizations, I also had the opportunity to gain experience as a Career Advisor in two main areas: for high school students – or those coming from vocational training centers – who needed a clear overview of the opportunities available to them after completing their studies, and for university students, many of whom were interested in pursuing self-employment after finishing their academic journey. Starting in 2017, I expanded my collaborations by offering consulting services to individuals interested in leaving salaried employment in favor of self-employment.
From these foundations, and driven by my passion for working closely with people, Igloo Consulting was born. Together with my team of career development experts, we aim to support our clients step by step toward their next academic or professional goal. To this end, we offer individual consultations or consultation plans designed to accompany them throughout the process leading to the achievement of their goal.
Outside the professional sphere, I am an internationally published author in sports literature. I have published two books—Generazione Wunderteam and La Coppa Dimenticata—for the Italian, British, and Argentine markets. My works have been reviewed by various national and international media outlets, including The Guardian (see article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/08/mitropa-cup-champions-league), The Blizzard, The Observer, The Jewish Telegraph, Backpass Magazine, Guerin Sportivo, Tuttosport, and Il Biellese. I also translated Piero Trellini’s La Partita into English for the UK market, published in 2023. The book went on to win the Football Book of the Year award the following year.