Dr. Giulia De Gasperi was born in 1976 in Treviso, Italy, and currently lives in Summerside, PEI. She received a BA (Laurea, 2002) in Foreign Languages and Literatures and a PhD (Dottorato di ricerca, 2007) in Anglo-American and Iberian Studies, both from Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy. She is Vice-President of the Association of Italian Canadian Writers (AICW) and Board Member of the Italian Canadian Archives Project (ICAP). She is a literary translator and editor.