About

My path began in engineering and technology and gradually led me to psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and ultimately to working directly with people. Over time, questions about how the mind experiences the world, how language and emotion interact, and how our experiences shape perception, feeling, and behaviour became central to my work. Another important part of this journey has been living and studying in different countries and experiencing migration first-hand. Encountering new languages, living across cultures, and working in academic and professional environments in Europe and the United States have shaped not only my personal journey, but also the way I understand people, identity, and lived experience. Moving between disciplines, languages, and cultures has taught me that human experience cannot be reduced to a single level of explanation; who we are emerges from a complex interplay of mind and body, language and culture, relationships and personal history. Today, I do not see research and clinical work as separate paths. To me, they are complementary ways of understanding the complexity of the mind and human experience. In research, I explore these questions through experimental methods and neuroscience; in clinical work, I approach them with the same curiosity, but through the unique story and experience of each individual. What connects these different paths is an enduring interest in understanding what it means to be human — from the brain and language to emotion, relationships, and lived experience.