CV & Anti-CV
Not every step goes forward. Some stop at the threshold.
This is my bifocal CV: on one side, the paths I’ve walked; on the other, the ones I left unfinished. Both have shaped me.
Degree in Mathematics/Engineering – never started
I was brilliant at math. I loved theorems and complexity. But I couldn’t see myself doing it for a living: I chose people.
“I wanted to study the philosophy of mathematics, not become a business engineer.”
Work Psychology – the foundations
I graduated in Work Psychology from the Pontifical Salesian University. My thesis became a published article: a competence-based model for internal mobility.
“I chose to hold together rigor and intuition. I was looking for a language to speak of potential without shouting.”
FAO Internship in Kenya – application abandoned
I needed to learn French. I didn’t. I never sent the application. I wanted to change the world. I knew people would make the difference. I liked the idea of living abroad.
“My first international project ended up in drafts, like many things at 21.”
Advanced Training & HR Management – learning the rules
I completed the HR Academy master’s (CONSEL – ELIS), 1000 hours in the field. I learned how companies work: selection, performance, HR strategy. I worked with Vodafone, but also Microsoft, ENI, Unicredit.
“I wanted to understand how systems are built, so I could learn to bend them without breaking them.”
Spark: Impatto Puro
Degree in Economics and MBA – never enrolled
It was the certificate for things I already knew. It closed many doors I knocked on. But taking that path would’ve closed me, too.
“Sometimes I miss it. But I couldn’t choose a world without human connection.”
Transformative Education & the Third Sector – the flesh of the work
With Associazione In Famiglia I worked in group homes, cooperatives, local communities. I designed training paths and territorial networks for minors, people with disabilities, recent graduates, educators. Over 40 training days, 8 community projects, thousands of in-person hours.
“Slides aren’t enough here. You need to stay when everyone else has left.”
Spark: Alfa – Life & Career Orientation
Multinational Talent Program – not selected
I was HR, but too HR. They wanted flexible profiles. I brought direction. I was attracted by the idea of distant experiences.
“They wanted a scalable generalist. I was a threshold specialist.”
Career Reorientation – work as something imagined
With employment agencies I led 6 groups of unemployed adults, 24 hours each of intensive guidance. I studied and applied the Agenda 2030 Life Design model (Larios, UniPadova).
“Work is a place to imagine, not just to search for.”
Spark: 3KC Life Design
HR Business Partner role – rejected
I couldn’t fake availability. Nor hierarchy.
“I stay while things are still happening. Then I change threshold.”
Organizational Consulting & Change Management – behind the scenes
I designed digital systems, managed clinical data, recruitment, onboarding and continuous training for 25 team members across Umbrella and Place&People.
“I held together safety and care. System and presence. Numbers and voices.”
Spark: Failing Out Loud
Book on Sustainable HR Mindset – never written
I had the outline, the research, the words. But not the breath.
“It’s not a failure. It’s a book in apnea.”
Individual Consulting & Digital Tools – a clear desk, a whole person
I guided over 60 clients in career, identity, transition.
With Intersos and Davide Cardea, I explored the transformative potential of AI. I created custom GPTs, transferred methods, returned time.
“I use artificial intelligence to honor human intelligence.”
Spark: Amplified Your Mind
School for Adult Illiterates – unfunded project
Structured, urgent, beautiful. Too fragile for institutional funding.
“A failed project – for now. But it’s still alive somewhere.”
Social & School-Based Design – where urgency teaches
I wrote and coordinated projects for CAS, schools, and local networks: 200 vulnerable students, 30 newly arrived migrants, 100 teenagers. I moved between mentoring, advocacy, and classroom labs.
“I work on the threshold between languages, between absence and the desire to show up.”
Spark: Mobile Roots
Spark: Prima l’italiano
HR Public Exam – not passed
I took it half-jokingly, for the myth of “job security.”
I didn’t study like one studies for government jobs. I didn’t believe enough in the cage.
“I was drawn to its multiplying power. Then I saw it also requires allegiance.”
Impact Research & Narrative Formats – the present opens
I create formats and pathways for adolescents, migrants, educators, and professionals. I currently coordinate 6 active projects, reaching over 350 people in the past year.
“I work with those who move—by choice or necessity. And for the futures they deserve.”
Spark: Being the Entryway
If you want to truly know me, look at both sides.
Who’s behind this?
I’m Dr. Lucia Giammarinaro.
Psychologist. Systemic thinker. Threshold dweller.