About Us

Life in Italy: all you need to know about Italy : Life in Italy is dedicated to modern Italian life and culture - showcasing the Italy of today rather than focusing on Italy's past. Life in Italy is a place where expats, Italian-Americans, travelers or any Italophile can learn about the very latest from Italy.

Life in Italy was first a simple website just containing links to other Italian related websites. At the beginning of 2004 the founder decided to change the format and start collecting a series of Italy related articles.

Our Story: Life in Italy originally was only a website providing links to other Italian websites. The improvement of search engines made that function redundant and so we started adding articles and content. Some of the first content added to the site was provided by cartoonist Bruno Bozzetto, that attracted visitors.

From that point on we decided to add more and more content and to drop the Italian links. We added a news feed from ANSA in 2006. In 2008, we moved the website into a database since it was getting very hard to mantain and in October 2009 we upgraded the design. We are now cleaning up all the content by dropping old articles and adding new ones.

Paolo Nascimbeni : Founder, Project Manager. Born in Brescia Italy, he moved to Rome at the age of six where he lived for 20 years. He moved to the US in 1987 to get degrees in Computer Science (BS 1988 SUNY Binghamton, NY, Master of Engineering 1989 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY). After graduation, he worked in the Artificial Intelligence computing department at IBM before leaving to open his own business involving trade in antiques and collectible cameras and cars with Italy.
In 2004, Paolo decided to return to his computing roots but continue the Italian connection, and founded lifeinitaly.com, which has now become the most visited English language website about all things Italian. Through lifeinitaly.com and his Italian meet-up group, Paolo enjoys assisting the English speaking population to pursue its passion for Italy, Italian food, culture and fun. On the personal side, he loves to tour the Italy and the United States on his motorcycles and enjoys sailing on Lake Bolsena, two hours north of Rome. He now spends 9 months of his year in the United States near Washington DC, and 3 months in Italy, between Rome and Bolsena. .

Justin Demetri: Chief Editor, Writer. Justin Demetri joined LifeinItaly as a writer in 2005. He is a life-long resident of Cape Ann, Massachusetts and native to the fishing port of Gloucester. His interests are vast, but they include local history and exploring Italian and Sicilian history, culture and food. Justin holds a degree in Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts/Boston and is an educator/researcher for the Essex Shipbuilding Museum.

Andrea Nicosia: Content Manager, fiction writer, copywriter. Born in Rome, he works as a freelance communications consultant and learned the ropes by studying and working in Italy and Australia. As side projects, he manages a couple of websites dedicated to genre fiction and the new forms of story writing made available by the web 2.0. Andrea currently lives in Rome and spends his free time hunting for the perfect espresso and enjoying the Italian lifestyle.

Damyanti Ghosh: Writer and Editor. Damyanti speaks fluent Italian. She has an Honours in English, and is trained in design in general, fashion design in particular. She draws upon this knowledge in order to write and edit articles for Life in Italy, and has been doing so since 2005.

Elisa Bressan: Writer. Elisa graduated in political sciences at the University of Trieste. She worked for years in international environments and, following her passion for the English language, perfected her knowledge of Shakespeare's language attending courses in Washington DC and Singapore. She is now a collaborator of Life in Italy, helping foreigners who love Italy to better understand and communicate in Dante's language. Elisa knowns that understanding of a Country and its people pass through an understanding of its tounge, this is why she is writing a series of exercises to help foreigners grasp the basics of the complex and beautiful Italian language.

Pasquale Comegna : Photographer. Pasquale lives between Umbria and Rome and has been a professional photographer for 30 years. He did the cover for many magazines and provided lifeinitaly with thousands of images. He teaches photography and organizes photographic workshops for Italians and together with lifeinitaly for foreigners as well.

Connie Limoncelli : Writer, Editor. Connie is a freelance writer, editor and blogger who joined the LifeInItaly team in 2010. An avid traveler, Connie has a passion for food, design, and reading as many books as she can get her hands on. With a large part of her family still in Italy, this Italian-Canadian is fluent in the language and culture of the country that continues to hold a large part of her heart. Connie also holds a degree in Political Science from York University in Toronto, where she now lives. Want to know more? Check out Connie's blog: Sogni e Sorrisi..

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