Conference Speakers

Graduated from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Education Science, she began her educational experience in 2004 at one of the city of Reggio Emilia's infant-toddler centres.

Since 2010, she was a teacher at the municipal infant-toddler centres and preschools of Reggio Emilia, and from 2014 to 2022, permanently at one of them, the municipal infant-toddler school Salvador Allende.

Since September 2022, she has been working at the Documentation and Educational Research Centre of the municipal infant-toddler centres and preschools, and has been collaborating with Reggio Children as a speaker for study groups visiting Reggio Emilia.

Valentina Violi has been a pedagogista in the Pedagogical Co-ordination of the Istituzione of Preschools and Infant-toddler Centres of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia since 2016, and co-ordinates infant-toddler centres and preschools.

She graduated in Psychology at Bologna University. She worked as a psychologist from 2003–2010 in Modena's university-linked hospital system, and from 2007–2010 as a psychotherapist and psychologist.

From 2008–2015 she worked in various experiences of pedagogical co-ordination, and as a reference for children and young people with special rights in co-operative-run educational services and different municipalities in the province of Reggio Emilia.

For Reggio Children, she collaborates on the realisation of professional learning journeys, through participating in seminars and workshops in Italy and abroad.