Administrative Manager

President NOGap

I have been working for more than 20 years as an administrative manager. I deal with coordination with companies and relations with suppliers.

“Movement is life!”

Social Operator

Vice President of NoGap

For more than 20 years I have been working in the field of psycho-socio-health social assistance.
I worked with the International Social Services of Rome and I am currently co-leader of family groups. I
accompany families and vulnerable people in accessing social rights.

“Our Simona is “born ready””

Psychologist Psychotherapist Existential Psychoanalytic

I am the Head of the Community of psychotherapy and work Lahuèn and EMDR therapist (structured psychotherapeutic method that facilitates the treatment of different psychopathologies and problems related to both traumatic events, and more common but emotionally stressful experiences and which has as its theoretical basis the AIP (Adaptive Information Processing) model that addresses unprocessed memories. In addition, my passion has led me to training in the field of arts therapies integrating the different artistic themes to a person-oriented approach.

“You can’t touch the sunrise if you haven’t walked the paths of the night”
Khalil Gibran, Sand and foam

Graduated in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Master I level in Scientific analysis of facial expressions. I work in the field of gender violence, following women throughout the process of escape from violence, to accompany them in achieving psychological, social and economical autonomy.

I studied philosophy at the University of Bologna, where I graduated in both my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees with a thesis on aesthetics. During my years of study I attended a Postgraduate Course in Critical Theory at The University of Florence. I currently collaborate with journals on philosophy and aesthetics. I have taught history and philosophy in high schools and work as a volunteer in an Anti-Violence Center. I am a scholar and militant with respect to the issues of defending the rights of psychiatric patients and gender equality. I enjoy art, flowers and social justice.

“Hope is in the work.
I am a cynic who is left
by his faith this beyond.
I am a cynic who has faith in what he does.”
Vincenzo Cardarelli

Creative Communications Director

Hi, I’m Valentina, a film studies professor, director and cultural events organiser. I believe that culture finds its most authentic meaning when it becomes a space for encounter, dialogue and collaboration, capable of generating connections, new possibilities and shared paths.

My professional experience spans cultural project development, communication, education and event organisation, with the aim of turning ideas and needs into concrete, participatory and sustainable projects. I am passionate about building networks, facilitating collaborative processes and imagining initiatives that emerge from dialogue between people, territories and institutions.

Over the years, I have had the opportunity to contribute to the creation and development of projects such as Orvieto Cinema Fest, where I serve as Organisational Director, and InFrazioni, a distributed festival dedicated to the cultural regeneration of local communities through art, participation and community-building.

These experiences have taught me how culture can become a tool for transformation when it develops together with communities, valuing skills, relationships and shared visions.

“Marginality is a site of radical possibility, a space of resistance. A location capable of offering us the possibility of a radical perspective from which to look, create, imagine alternatives and new worlds.”
bell hooks

Psychologist

I hold a degree in Clinical Psychology and am currently attending a specialisation programme in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy, an approach that considers individuals within the relationships and meaningful contexts in which they live.
My interest is focused on the individual in their uniqueness, on the ways in which they construct meaning, express themselves and relate to others.
My educational background also includes a degree in Communication, Digital Technologies and Cultures, through which I explored communicative relationships from the perspective of mediating the impact of digital technologies on the emotional dimension of an increasingly connected society.

“Discovery is not about going to different places, but about seeing with new eyes.”

Seamstress

My passion for tailoring began when I was 14 years old. For more than twenty years, I have dedicated myself to this profession with commitment and passion, beginning my career in my native Puglia, working within the textile industry.
Today I work as a seamstress at NoGap, where I put my experience at the service of the young people involved in our projects. My goal is to pass on practical and professional skills, providing them with the tools they need to develop independence, confidence in their abilities and concrete opportunities to enter the workforce.

“Perhaps something was saved. Perhaps it really wasn’t all wrong.”

Visual artist, musician and composer, she worked as a bookseller for fifteen years whilesimultaneously developing an artistic practice that explores different languages and disciplines.

As a singer-songwriter, she has performed in Italy and abroad, releasing three albums and taking part in various musical and performance projects. Her artistic journey also includes experience in the world of street arts, where she worked as a stilt walker as part of a performing company.

Always interested in the visual arts, she develops her work through a variety of media, including video, illustration and ceramics, collaborating with private clients, institutionsand associations. Her practice moves between figuration and the cross-pollination of different forms of expression, with particular attention to craftsmanship and to the relationship between images and storytelling.

She has taken part in solo and group exhibitions and has collaborated with associationsand cultural organisations in the design and organisation of events, combining her artistic practice with the conception and curatorship of cultural projects.

“As long as one is dissatisfied with oneself, nothing is lost.”
Emil Cioran

“Never speak of yourself without allowing yourself the possibility of change.”
Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff

Creative Artisan

After graduating in Set Design and Costume Design from the Pietro Vannucci Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia and gaining my first experience in theatre, art and photography, in 1994 I joined Re.Leg.Art., a cooperative dedicated to the employment inclusion of people with disabilities.
Today, as president of the cooperative, I oversee the selection of high-quality materials to ensure the creation of unique products, distinguished by style and craftsmanship.
In my role, I combine design with a strong human dimension. I also work as a tutor, supporting people with disabilities throughout their daily professional journey. In close collaboration with the entire team, I follow numerous projects involving the artistic, craft and social spheres.
I firmly believe that, above all through work that enhances each person’s creative abilities, it is possible to reclaim that sense of personal dignity often denied to those experiencing marginalisation and labelled as “different”.

“Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible what is not always so.”
Paul Klee