She graduated in Philosophy at the University of Milan, worked for several years in strategic communication, developed her social skills as media-hacktivist on precarity, material and immaterial labor in the creative industries. She worked for Arduino as communication strategist from 2013 to 2017 and co-founded one of the first makerspaces in Milan, WeMake focused on design and fashion. She's now a consultant on R&D, teaches courses in various organisations and collaborates on eu-funded digital social innovation projects. She takes part in research/activism initiatives and develops projects around e-textiles and digital fabrication in different contexts.
Zoe Romano is a craftivist, digital and fabrication strategist, lecturer focused on social innovation, women in tech, open design.