GLOBAL SPEAKER, ENTREPRENEUR, AUTHOR, EDUCATOR
She didn't find her voice. She stopped filtering it.
About Francesca
Francesca's story started somewhere between a boarding pass and a brain science textbook. Now dual citizen of Italy and Canada, she spent much of her career scaling high-growth startups before pivoting to founder dynamics and the psychology of high performance. Her approach is a unique intersection of hard metrics and human psychology.
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She is a speaker who doesn’t believe in fluff, delivering high-stakes insights with a pace that keeps rooms leaning in, then leaving you to go do something about it.
What makes her different
She's lived every transition she talks about. From identifying as a neurodiverse high-achiever in the rigidity of Italian corporate culture to building a location-independent studio that scales without burning out. She doesn't just study brain science; she's learned how to apply it to the messy, non-linear reality of modern work.
She adapts. Corporate team, founder summit in Europe, or digital product workshop, Francesca meets her audience where they are. She strips away the generic 'hustle' rhetoric and replaces it with logic, curiosity, and a relentless focus on human sides.
"It's not about having more time. It's about using the time you already have to build a life you actually want."
— Francesca
AS SEEN IN
*Nomad Summit Podcast *Life-First Solopreneur Podcast*TEDx
Speaking Topics
The Art of Growth Through Adventure: Why transformative growth happens in unfamiliar contexts.
The Invisible Labor: When We Ask Women to Lead Like Men
The Multi-hyphenate Life: Navigating Too Many Lives Without Fitting One Lane
The Power Of The 'In Between'
The KPI Killing Creativity
Living Across Languages and Cultures as a Founder and Creator
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Countries lived in
20+
Podcasts & Summits
2
Degrees [Physchology and social innovation]
9
Years Business & Marketing Experience
Workshops & Working Sessions
HALF-DAY * FULL-DAY * MULTI-DAY * RETREAT * 90MIN SESSION
Francesca also facilitates working sessions for teams who need more than an inspiring talk. Topics include but are not limited to:
Leadership & Team Performance
- Career Clarity Intensives: helping people name what they actually want next, and build a plan toward it.
- Cross-Cultural Team Dynamics: a shared framework for working well across culture, communication style, and hierarchy.
Business & Communication
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Founders in Transition: for leadership teams navigating a pivot, acquisition, or identity shift, without losing what made it work.
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Story as Strategy: a tactical working session turning your story into the structural asset behind press, partnerships, and stage opportunities
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​Taking Up Space, On Camera and In the Room: small-group work for leaders who want more visibility
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Marketing Education
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Language Learning
DEI, Teams & Psychological Safety
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Belonging, Reframed: what years of being the foreigner, the expat, the outsider taught me about building and opening up spaces for confidence and voice for anyone in the room belonging
