Born in Riva del Garda (Trent), Italy, she holds a Conservatory Diploma in Music Performance (clarinet), and a Degree in Languages (English, German, and French). While a graduate student at the University of Bologna (Arts, Music and Theater) she started to work for her native city organizing and administering national and international musical events.
In 2000, she moved to Bowling Green, Ohio, where she earned a Masters' Degree in Music History and a Masters' Degree in Ethnomusicology at Bowling Green State University. Her fields of research are music and politics in twentieth-century United States.

As a reviewer in Italy, she has collaborated with the regional daily "L'Adige." Her articles appeared in the Italian journals "Musica/Realtà" and "I Fiati", in the German "Clarino," and in various editions of "Volume Unico" published for the internationally renowned  classical music festival "Musica Riva."

She is currently completing a Ph.D. in Musicology at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.