Born in 1987 in Frascati (Rome), Laura graduated in American and European Literatures and Languages at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. After living almost three years in France, where she worked for Les Éditions du Seuil and the Avignon Festival, she moved to Canada in 2014. In Montreal, Laura got involved in many cultural organizations and she joined the Vues d’Afrique International Film Festival as a programmer and funding manager. She came back to Italy in 2019. Since then, Laura works as project manager for the TFL Extended workshops.