She has participated as research assistant at the human rights area of the Foundation for the Development of Sustainable Policies and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Also, she has worked as legal assistant at the Inter-American Heart Foundation Argentina. She has been working in human rights with a focus on the right to health and non-communicable diseases, including tobacco control. At the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Ms. Severini provides legislative and litigation support to Latin American countries.