Architect, urbanist and researcher. Member of the Prize's Board of Experts (2026)

Educated between Turin and Barcelona, she graduated in Architecture at the Politecnico di Torino in 2006. That same year, she received a research grant from the Department of Architecture and Design, where she now teaches landscape and urban design as an adjunct professor. In 2011, she completed an Advanced Course in Sustainable Urban Development at IUAV University of Venice. where she completed her PhD in Public Policies and Regional Planning (2013), with a dissertation on Detroit’s urban challenges amid economic crisis and deindustrialization.

She joined Urban Center Metropolitano Torino (now Torino Urban Lab) in 2007 and has led its Regional Development area since 2014, focusing on international networking, urban policy-making, and citizen engagement. In 2021, she became Cultural Heritage Expert for the UIA – Urban Innovative Actions programme (now EUI), following the Cultural HIDRANT project in Halandri. Since 2024, she has worked with the EU URBACT programme, supporting cities in public communication, cultural heritage, and urban design.