Cristiana Milli was born in Florence, where she studied classical languages and studies and then graduated in International Studies. Later she specialized in Teaching Italian as Second Language and received her Master’s degree in International and Diplomatic Studies at the University of Bologna. In May 2016 she partecipated in the course “Dyslexia and Foreign Language Teaching” organized by the University of Lancaster (UK) and in 2019/2020 in the course “Experts in Language Learning” organized by University of Parma. In 2023 she received her Master in “Teaching Italian to foreigners” at the University of Urbino. . After an experience as teacher of Italian language to immigrants, she has taught Italian and Culture at many North American programs and institutions for many years. At the moment she teaches Italian Language at Kent State University and at California State University in Florence. Her study and interests are focused on cross-cultural and intercultural studies.