About me

My story

A decade ago I moved to Italy to study. I arrived as an international student, learned the language, sat the entrance tests, worked through the applications, the permesso di soggiorno and all the small print, and slowly built a life and a business here. That is exactly why I counsel students on studying in Italy from the inside, from having lived every step, rather than from a guidebook.

Experience you can lean on

I have been teaching for the better part of a decade, and in that time I have worked with hundreds of students from more than 80 countries and just about every first language you can imagine. I teach one to one, and I run English training for companies and their teams. My students have ranged from teenagers preparing for university, to professionals sharpening their English for work, to adults starting from absolute zero. That range is what made me a flexible, intuitive teacher: I can read quickly what a learner needs and shape the lessons around it.

The exams I know inside out

I prepare students across the full set of English and admissions exams, and I keep current with every format change, so what you practise is always today's exam, not last year's:

• English certifications: IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge (B2 First to C2 Proficiency), PTE Academic, LanguageCert and the Duolingo English Test.
• Admissions tests: the Digital SAT, the enhanced ACT, the GMAT Focus Edition, and the Italian entrance exams, TOLC, TIL, CEnT-S, Bocconi, LUISS and more.

How I teach

I am TEFL certified, and my teaching leans on whatever genuinely makes learning stick: interactive games, flashcards and spaced repetition, real conversation, and targeted work on the grammar and pronunciation that hold you back. Almost all of my materials I built myself, and they are organised to match each exam, so your mocks feel like the real test and every drill targets the exact skill you need to lift. Nothing generic, nothing extra to buy.

Why I am patient

I still learn Italian every day, so I have not forgotten how it feels to freeze mid-sentence, or how slow the climb to confidence can be. That is why I am patient, and why I never reuse the same plan twice: what works beautifully for one student rarely works for the next. Outside teaching I am into technology, art, reading and travel, and those often become the very topics we explore in our conversation lessons.

A practice you can trust

Narcisa Edu is a registered business in Italy, and I treat it like one: clear plans, honest feedback, real materials, and a free first lesson so you can see whether we fit before you commit to anything.