She graduated with highest honors from the University L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli with a thesis on Project Financing. She obtained her PHD in European and Italian Constitutional Law at Università degli Studi di Teramo with a thesis on the Precautionary Principle in UE Law supervised by professor and attorney at law Professor Stelio Mangiameli and she earned a Master on “Operators of Public Contracts” at Carlo Jemolo Regional Institute for Juridical Studies in Rome.

While at university, she obtained the professional qualification of “Labour Consultant” and began working in this field. After graduation, she worked in the law firm of Professor Paolo Stella Richter adding administrative law to her previous experience in labour law. For fifteen years she has provided legal assistance to private and public companies, as well as, public administrations on issues of public contracts and labour law while practicing at Navarra-Vaccarella Law Firm and then at her own law firm. She possesses vast legal experience in the areas of administrative law, notably with regard to public contract law, and labour law.

She lecturers at professional training and continuing education courses at various national universities and certified training agencies in the area of public contracts (Roma Tre University, Legislazione Tecnica, FOIM Fondazione Ordine Ingegneri di Milano, Ordine Ingegneri della Provincia di Roma).

She speaks English and French