Born in Rome, Antonella grew up between Italy and Venezuela, her mother's country. After settling in Rome in the early '80s, she completed Middle and High school and her University studies in Italy.

She graduated from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" with a major in Economics, after which she worked for 8 years in Sales and Marketing across various multinational companies. She moved to San Francisco in 2006 and has been teaching Italian for more than one year.

Antonella has a passion for Latin languages as she speaks fluently, in addition to Italian, Spanish and French, and understands Portuguese. She loves traveling and spending time with her husband and baby son.