Erica has a Bachelors degree in Administration and Organisation Science and Labor Consultancy at the University of Palermo. She has received her MBA degree from IAE, University of Bordeaux. She’s currently pursuing aPhD degree with IVI.

The PhD is part of the EnTrust Doctoral Network, Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship, whose aim is to train a cohort of 11 Doctoral Candidates to establish a new generation of Data Executives. Erica represents this objective via the development of FAIR data exploitation principles and a framework. The host organisation is Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Authority in Ireland. Erica is currently based at the department of Rural Economy and Development Program (REDP).