I am a psychologist with a degree in Community Psychology and prior field experience in support services for migrants and unaccompanied minors.
My research focuses on the social and structural determinants shaping health outcomes and developmental trajectories among young people with migration backgrounds, particularly refugees and asylum seekers. My work is grounded in a social determinants of health framework, which conceptualizes health as the product of structural and contextual forces, including institutional arrangements, reception policies, and broader socio-political dynamics.
My PhD project investigates health and wellbeing among asylum seekers living in emergency reception centers, examining risk and protective factors through participatory methods such as Photovoice, participatory circles, and in-depth interviews. I am currently developing a digital daily diary based on Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM), co-constructed with a team of asylum seekers involved as co-researchers.
I am committed to Participatory Action Research (PAR) as a methodological approach that centers excluded voices in knowledge production and challenges dominant narratives, generating research capable of informing evidence-based policies and practices in the fields of migration, health, and social inclusion. My project is carried out in partnership with social cooperatives in Padova and the Italian Red Cross (Rome). I am alsopart of the Identity Project Global (IP Global), an international research initiative on ethnic-racial identity development.
My broader scientific goal is to contribute to research and practice that advance social justice and health equity, challenging the structural conditions that produce health inequalities.

Supervisor: Prof. Ughetta Moscardino
Co-supervisor: Prof. Marta Gaboardi