Benvenute/i! Thanks for stopping by!
I’m a Historian-in-Training based in Toronto, Canada, and Rome, Italy. I’m passionate about migration, oral history, social history, and modern and contemporary Italy. I love social history! Social historians use various primary sources to comprehensively understand how societies have evolved and how individuals and groups have navigated the challenges and opportunities of their time. This interdisciplinary approach helps shed light on the socio-cultural forces shaping our world.
In June 2012, I graduated from York University (Toronto, Canada), obtaining an Honours BA in Italian Studies and Geography and a BEd. I worked as a Flight Attendant for a Canadian airline for about three years and subsequently moved to Rome, Italy, in August 2015. Once in Italy, I taught English as a Foreign Language in public and private Secondary Schools and public universities. I also taught Geography at a public secondary school in Umbria.
In March 2023, I completed my MA. My thesis, “Past and Present Italians in Canada: Migration Patterns in the 20th and 21st Centuries,” focused on the major changes in Italian migration patterns throughout these past centuries.
I’m currently pursuing a PhD in History at York University. My research interests include Italian migration (primarily to and from Canada), modern and contemporary Italian and European history, identity formation, and social history.
I really appreciate Alessandro Portelli’s work on oral history, historian Dirk Hoerder’s contributions to the field focusing on complex ‘migration systems’, and historian Donna Gabaccia’s shift towards a global approach to studying the phenomenon.
Stay tuned for more!
I took this photo in July 2021. In the distance, you can see a picturesque hilltop village in the Monti Sibillini called Castelluccio di Norcia in the Umbria region. Castelluccio is renowned for its stunning natural beauty and is particularly famous for its colourful and expansive highland plain known as the “Piano Grande”. Castelluccio is located approximately 1,450 metres above sea level. One of the most striking features of Castelluccio di Norcia is the flowering of wildflowers that occurs in late spring and early summer on the Piano Grande called la Fioritura (locally known as la Fiorita). The hillsides burst into vibrant colours, with red, blue, yellow, and purple flowers creating a breathtaking mosaic of hues. This natural phenomenon has become popular, drawing photographers, hikers, and tourists worldwide. If you love snow, I highly recommend visiting during the winter months.
To purple and beyond!
