graduated from the University of Bologna, Italy in 2008. In 2010 she enrolled in a Master of Science program at the University of Murcia, Spain. In 2011 she started her rotating small animal Internship followed by a cardiology internship at the same institution. In 2014 she enrolled in a residency program in small animal internal medicine (subspecialty cardiology), and in a PhD program in Veterinary Sciences, supervised by Dr. Fernandez del Palacio. In 2018 she achieved the diploma of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology). In 2019, she achieved her PhD degree.  After her residency, she worked as a cardiologist at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, UK. She is author of papers published in international peer reviewed journals.