Giovanna is Lecturer in Intercultural Literacies and Languages in the School of Education. She is a qualified teacher with over 20 years’ experience of working with young people and adults in a variety of settings and in several countries. She has taught in Italy, Eritrea and the UK both as a class teacher (primary) and as a specialist language teacher (early years, primary and secondary). Giovanna also taught adult migrants in literacy classes in Italy and has trained primary teachers of Italian as a foreign language for Edinburgh and Glasgow City Councils.