Born in Friuli Italy. Firt a citizen of Brazil, then of the United States and now dual with Italy. Graduated Univeristy of Massachusetts with a BS in Biology
and Chemistry, later a graduate degree in Neotropical Natural Forest Management and Resource Economics. Worked in Costa Rica before entering in the US Peace
Corps serving in the Slovak Republic as an enviromnemtal consultant. Now working at Harvarrd as an associate dictector at the Kennedy School of Goverment.