Manuela Izzo

I am a curiose and positive person. I enjoy studying and handcrafting. I also speak many languages and love talking to people and travellers. I have been working in many different places, I have a high adaptability and love to questions my self.

Summer School Heritage Management at The Heritage Management Organization (2026-06 – 2026-06)

Hybrid programme focused on ethnographic research, oral history, community engagement and collaborative heritage management.

Contemporary Art Thematic Summer School – participant at Yunus Emre Institute (2025-07 – 2025-08)

Participant in an international programme exploring contemporary art, cultural production and intercultural exchange through institutional visits and collaborative activities.

Civil Servant at International Civil Service: White Helmets for rural development (2022-06 – 2023-06)

Assistant project manager at Coloriage Sartoria Sociale (2020-01 – 2022-06)

Community tailoring workshop: the aim of the project is to share the knowledges and practices of the artisans from all the world.

Sales manager at Bottega Altromercato (2021 – 2022)

In partnership with Coloriage.

Coach in rhythmic gymnastic at Sport association a.s.d. Tabasam (2017 – 2022)

Research Project in Anthropology: ‘Storie di Carta' at Montagne in Movimento MIM (2020-09 – 2020-10)

Research project about applied anthropology on participatory processes, study group.

Internship at the farm at Weppes en Bio (2019-06 – 2019-07)

Management of planting out and gardening, organization of an event to promote the company.

Internship at Mitrajectoires organization (2019-03 – 2019-05)

Supervisor of an artistic and cultural project which aimed at inclusion, through the creation of jewellery.

Internship at Garderie Kaiserswerther Diakonie Kindergarden (2016-06 – 2016-07)

Day-care activities with 69 children, including 5 with disabilities.

Volunteer at Mensa Caritas di Roma (2012 – 2022)

Reception and listening service, and canteen management for adults in a state of precariousness.

Volunteer at EURO2020 Volunteers program (2021-06 – 2021-07)

Ceremonies maker, event and management support.

Volunteer at Food Bank, San Frumenzio Church (2015-10 – 2020-12)

Part of the project called ‘Servizio di ascolto della Caritas’.

Production of tailor-made items at AMKA Onlus (2020-12 – 2020-12)

Accessories self-produced with recycled African fabrics.

Volunteer at Retirement home “Villa Glory”, Caritas di Roma (2015 – 2020)

Creative and playful activities with residents affected by AIDS.

Volunteer at Manitese ‘Molto di più di un pacchetto regalo’ (2014-11 – 2014-12)

Awareness campaign ‘Eating every day: a right, not a privilege!'.

Research Thesis in Art as Social Resistance: Cultural Memory and Subaltern. The experience of Kurdish theatre in Turkey – Research Thesis abroad (2025-09 – 2026-02)

Master in International Cooperation on Intercultural Heritage in Intercultural Heritage – Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (2023 – 2026)

Specialization Course AMA in Art's and museum antropology. Demoethno-anthropological goods. – Università di Milano-Bicocca (2022 – 2023)

GROW Summer School in Agrobiodiveristy in a changing climate – Department of Environmental Biology, Università La Sapienza (2022 – 2022)

Goldsmith School – Scuola d’Arte e Mestieri di Roma Capitale (2021 – 2022)

Degree in Political Science for International Cooperation and Development in Political Science for International Cooperation and Development – Università degli Studi Roma Tre (2017 – 2020)

High School Diploma with a specialization in languages in English, Spanish e German – Liceo Ginnasio Statale Orazio di Roma (2012 – 2017)