Role
A National Councilor for the Italian Rugby Federation, she represents Italy in World Rugby and on the Rugby Europe Women's Rugby Development Committee. Founder of Wo*men's Sport Land of Freedom. A rugby champion and former national team player.
Bio
Former athlete and rugby player. During her 21-year competitive career, 12 of which were with the Italian national team, she participated in two World Cups and seven European Championships. She then embarked on political and institutional commitments as a Regional Councilor for Emilia-Romagna and for two terms as a National Councilor of the Italian Rugby Federation, responsible for the promotion and development of the women's sector. She is currently a National Councilor for the Rugby Federation and represents Italy on the World Rugby board.
In 2022, she founded "Wo*men's rugby land of freedom: who sows sport reaps future," an international project focused on the four Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda, promoting physical activity as a driver of community growth. A speaker, corporate trainer, and coach, she specializes in sports team building and created the course "Soft skills take shape" for the University of Padua, highlighting the body as a language of learning. She promotes the inclusion of physical skills among European key skills and created "Rugby and the metaverse: a journey through emotions" in collaboration with the University of Bologna and the Bologna Rugby Club to explore the emotional dimension in real and virtual relationships.
Her editorial initiatives include 70 video interviews with international rugby players (some of which were broadcast on Sky Sport) and the TV series "Sorelle di Sport: le donne làmno squadra." She writes for Vita Magazine with the column "La bellezza della forza," dedicated to the topic of women's sport , and has served as a commentator for Sky Sport during the World Cup and the Six Nations.
In 2025, together with Simona Castellano, she published “Empowerment for Life: The Goal of Women's Rugby” for the University of Bologna. This work is based on her research on 135 athletes from 60 countries, documenting the discipline's positive impact on individual awareness. Based on the UNIBO research, the 18-video series “The Human Powers of Rugby” was created, which discusses the soft skills learned through sport. Her awards include the INCREDIBol Award (2012), the FIR Golden and Silver Oval (2021), inclusion among StartupItalia's “Unstoppable Women” (2023), and the PEF Award for Excellence in Training (2026).