WORK
2010-present
Freelance Photograph
2005
National Volunteerism Capacity Building Officer
United Nations Volunteers / UNDP
Kabul AFGHANISTAN
2004
Assistant Head of Mission - INTERSOS – NGO
Kabul AFGHANISTAN
2001-2003
Programme Officer – United Nations Fellowship Program
Development Cooperation Office – Embassy of Italy
New Delhi-INDIA
2000
Humanitarian Assistance Officer - A Bridge to Baghdad – NGO
Baghdad- IRAQ
1999
External Relations Officer - A Bridge to Baghdad- NGO
Rome – ITALY
DEGREES
2007
Sessions, School of Design - Online Digital Art School
Digital Arts Foundation Certificate
2000
Universita’ di Roma “La Sapienza” – Facolta’ di Ingegneria
Post Graduate Degree in Development Studies
1999
Universita’ di Roma “La Sapienza” – Facolta’ di Scienze Politiche
Laurea in Scienze Politiche (Master Degree in Political Sciences)
Private life
Born and raised in Veroli, heart of Italy, in1973
Between 1999 and 2005 Alessandra has extensively lived, worked, and travelled in Middle East and South-East Asia.
In 2005 she moved to Medan, Indonesia, to be on the side of her husband who was appointed as humanitarian aid manager post tsunami. At that time she decided to dedicate cultivating her long time passion, photography.
Since 2006 she lives in Tilburg, the Netherlands with her husband and their three children.