Ilenia Ciccotelli
Ilenia is a Political Science student at the University of Florence. She is from Molise, one of the smallest regions of Italy. She enjoys tackling challenges and learning new things and considers herself a “cultural omnivore”. She is a bookworm and loves writing down everything, one of the reasons she joined La Pietra Dialogues as a writing intern.
Ilenia likes traveling around the world, learning new languages, and fitting into different cultures in order to discover new perspectives from which to look at things. She would like to become a university professor of politics, history or sociology.
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"With Beatles’ songs in the background, let’s fill the world with random acts of kindness and big smiles!" -
Ilenia
Ben Haller
Ben Haller is a junior from the NYU Shanghai campus, majoring in Economics with a minor in Chinese Language. Before coming to NYU Florence, he was the op-ed writer for the NYU Shanghai newspaper On Century Avenue and wrote for Reason Magazine, a political publication based in Washington D.C. He’s a jazz enthusiast and loves to travel. His passions include economic policy and international relations. After he graduates, he would like to work for a public policy think tank or the U.S. State Department. He’s currently working as the writing intern for La Pietra Dialogues.
Micol Visciano
Micol is the La Pietra Dialogues assistant and she helps with the conception and organization of events. She works on various projects across LPD’s various platforms. Originally from Naples, Italy, she holds a Bachelor’s Degree and MA in Modern Languages and Literature, a MA in European Studies from the University of Bonn (Germany), and a post-graduate diploma in Communications, Public Affairs, and International Relations from the Sole 24 Ore Business School. Micol is passionate about women’s rights and politics and enjoys playing piano and guitar, watching movies, reading books and travelling in her spare time.
