Canadian based in Rome, raised in a bilingual context (French and English), my written and spoken skills in Italian are considered to be very close to native.

I majored in Anthropology (with a minor in Economics) at McGill University in Montreal, where I was incidently awarded a tutorship for teaching French as a Second Language at McGill's FSL department.

For over 15 years, I have ensured in Italy, both written and spoken mediation services in French, English and Italian for a private firm in the cosmetics-parapharmaceutical industry where I discovered to have a predisposition for interpretation.

Wishing to develop a freelance activity as an interpreter and translator, in June 2012, I accredited my skills by acheiving a Master degree in Translation and Interpretation at SSML Gregorio VII University in Rome.

So far as a freelancer, I have had the honour and the privilege to interpret personalities of the calibre of:

Pope Francis (IT>FR)
Prof Luc Montagnier (EN>IT) - recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine
Maestro Ennio Moricone (IT>EN) - Italian composer and Acadamy Award Winner
Prof. Ettore Gotti Tedeschi (IT>EN) - Economist, former president of the Vatican Bank

areas of expertise: technical: skincare, pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals, hairdressing, makeup, dietery supplements, alternative medicines, yoga theoretical: theology, religion, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, psychology, economics marketing, business: marketing, planning, training courses, negotiations, manufacturing processes politics: immigration, civil rights