Volunteering and civil service
To serve others is part of my core values. I worked six months full time as a civil servant at "ATD Fourth World" in an underprivileged neighborhood near Paris in 2021.
I also was very fortunate to be an activity leader at a holiday camp in 2017 with intellectually disabled young people, living with the guests and helping them through their daily activities, from playing games to eating and showering.
I'm clearly not the best at sports. However, I've always loved tennis, and I play about 6 hours a week.
In addition, I had the opportunity to learn Taekwondoo in Korea during five years, and albeit having forgot almost everything, it has been a precious experience.
At 15, I interned at Observatoire de Paris, once directed by the Cassini family and later by Arago. I met with
researchers and aerospace engineers working on satellites; I took pictures of the surface of the Sun. This exciting experience confirmed my love for space.
Separately, I interned at a French startup which is the European pioneer of buyback, refurbishment and sales of second hand smartphones. I enjoyed the startup environment, and was thrilled to learn and contribute to sustainable technology development.
Economics and Business
I'm fond of economics, and I've read several books; I've learnt the basics from the excellent Principles of Economics by Mankiw. I also read many economic newspapers on a daily basis.
On top of that, I'm part of a joint Polytechnique-HEC Paris consultancy junior entreprise, partenered with McKinsey. We do several missions a year, often for large and well-established companies.
Debating and public sepaking
Debating is one of my greatest passions, and I took part to countless debating contests. I reached semi-finals in a French national contest with several hundreds participants organized by the Fédération Francophone de Débat,
and won an "Award of Excellence" at Harvard Model Congress Europe in 2018. I also took acting classes for several yars while in middle and high school. This year, I'm taking part to a MUN congress with my university.
History and ancient languages
I'm really passionate about history and especially antiquity (it probably stems from my Italian heritage). I studied both Latin and Ancient Greek in midddle and high school, and was part of the three students selected by my high school
to participate to the "Concours Général", a prestigious french national contest.