Cultural mediator in several refugees hosting centres coordinated by the Plateforme;
Creating and implementing a tracking system for the inventaries and new deliveries of two of the Plateforme's hosting centres;
Taking part in the activities organised in the centres, organising new ones, establishing new partnerships with local and international organisations.
Social and Administrative Collaborator
Belgian Red Cross
May 2022
to September 2022
Welcoming migrants from Ukraine at the Red Cross information and dispatching point in Brussels' South Station;
Translating and interpreting from Russian to French (and vice-versa);
Coordinating the work of volunteers;
Linking with other local and national organisations involved in the humanitarian effort to welcome the newly arrived migrants from Ukraine.
Translator
Mincione Edizioni
February 2021
to November 2021
Translating a non-fiction book from English to Italian on the topic of the Russian Revolution.
Administrative and Project Assistant
Global Forum for Media Development
November 2020
to June 2021
Assisting the Executive Director with her daily administrative activities;
Assisting GFMD team with preparing materials and briefings for project implementation;
Assisting GFMD team with developing strategic consultation documents and processes;
Helping coordinate GFMD's Working Group on EU media policy and producing reports from meetings;
Contributing to GFMD communication materials and channels and content creation and administration of the new GFMD website;
Document translation from English to French.
Contributor
East Journal
November 2019
to March 2020
Reporting on Russia and Russia-related issues such as human rights, political repressions in contemporary Russia and the history of political repressions in the former USSR.
Project Officer (EVS/ESC Volunteer)
Perm Memorial
September 2018
to September 2019
Volunteer Work
Perm
Russia
Administrative tasks;
Documents translation from Russian into Italian, French and English;
Assistance with organizing the organization's archives;
Social work with elderly people, former political detainees and deportees in Soviet time;
Assistance in organizing and participation in Memorial's summer research expeditions in the Region;
Creating and designing infosheets detailing aims and goals of the research expeditions;
Advocacy for human rights and promotion of volunteering related values with youngsters and students.
Language coach - Conversation table in Italian
Gorky Communal Library
September 2018
to September 2019
Volunteer Work
Perm
Russia
Preparation of the weekly lesson (and choice of weekly discussion theme);
Preparation and selection of the pedagogical materials to be used during the session.
Communication and Social Media Assistant
European Neighborhood Council
March 2018
to June 2018
Internship
Bruxelles
Belgium
Social Media managing (Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud);
Social Media monitoring;
Audio and video editing;
Attending events and conferences representing ENC;
Producing research (summaries, profiles, briefings) related to ENC's research topics: energy, european affairs,international affairs, ... ;
Managing ENC's website posts through WordPress;
Administrative tasks;
Setting up ENC's newsletter layout on Mailchimp.
Education
European Training Programme
European Neighbourhood Council
2018
The European Training Programme - "Unlocking the Workings of he EU" aim is to provide a thorough understanding of the EU’s internal workings on a variety of different topics, ranging from external relations in trade, energy and investment to security, innovation, and banking reforms. It was comprised of 12 topic-specific sessions.
Erasmus
Università degli Studi di Firenze
2013
to 2014
Erasmus - Academic Year 2013/2014
Bachelor in Political Science
Université Libre de Bruxelles
2011
to 2015
Skills
Writing and editing articles - Italian,French and English
Drafting, writing and translating skills in the field of international relations, with a focus on Russian internal and external affairs.
Languages
Italian - Mother tongue
French - Native speaker level
English - Professional working proficiency
Russian - Professional working proficiency
Spanish - Intermediate level
Turkish - Basic knowledge
Voluntary work
Volunteer, in March and April 2022, at the Belgian Red Cross as an interpreter/translator with refugees from Ukraine (Russian to French and vice-versa);
Since February 2023, I translate articles related to migrations for the Italian NGO Melting Pot Europa;
Volunteer work, over the course of the summer in 2017, at the Tolstoy museum-estate in Yasnaya Polyana (Russia).
Computer skills
Office: Word, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint
Internet: WordPress, GitBook
Marketing: Mailchimp
CaptureOne, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop
Google Sheets
Photography - Post-production
Amateur photographer (digital and film). I know my way around a camera and am familiar with post-production software, such as Lightroom or CaptureOne. I also home-develop black and white films.
Interests
Sports
Cyclotourism, trekking.
Literature
Italian, Eastern European fiction.
Cooking
My parmigiana di melanzane was complimented from the plains of Belgium to the Ural mountains.
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