Lorena Stella Martini has been working for the Rome Office of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) since October 2020. She has prior professional experience with think tanks and NGOs, besides having worked for a Tunisian governmental organization and served as a Programme Assistant for Erasmus + Partner Countries Programme at the University of Turin. Lorena holds a double Master’s degree in Analyse Comparée des Sociétés Méditerranéennes and International Studies from the Université Muhammad VI Polytechnique and the University of Turin, a Specializing Master in Middle Eastern Studies from ASERI (Graduate School of Economics and International Relations) and a BA in Foreign Languages Applied to International Relations from the Catholic University of Milan. She speaks English, French, Arabic and Spanish and has spent several periods in Morocco to improve her language skills.