Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Digital Humanities

    • 2020 - 2024
    • Chicago, IL
    • Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Specializations: Philosophy and Game Design
    • Elevate Award: Awarded $5,000 stipend towards experiential learning opportunities
    • Merit Based Scholarship: Half-tuition scholarship awarded to exemplary incoming students
    • Dean’s List (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022). Every semester all undergraduate students who have completed at least 12 graded credit hours with a minimum semester GPA of 3.50 appear on the Dean’s List
    • Relevant Course Work: Global Product Development, Human Computer Interaction, Technical Editing, Philosophy and Big Data, Document Design, Web Design
    • GPA: 4.0/4.0

  • Stanford Summer Quarter

    • June - August 2021
    • Palo Alto, CA
    • Stanford University
    • Attended Stanford University's Summer Quarter as a visiting student
    • Coursework: "Organizing for good", M&S180
    • Learned about Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Models, and Sustainability Research within businesses
    • Took part to the Reflected Best Self Exercise with the support of family, friends, colleagues, professors and other academic professionals
    • Discussed practical applications of the concepts learned with industry professionals from Google, PNC, and Harvard Business Case Studies start-ups representatives
    • Conducted an in-depth case study of Adobe Inc.
    • Grade: A+

  • Classical Piano Degree

    • 2018 - 2020
    • Benevento, Italy
    • Conservatorio Nicola Sala
    • Pursued half of a classical piano degree in double-enrollment with high school
    • Relevant Course Work: History of Music I, Composition Theory and Technique I, Composition Theory and Technique II, Music Legislation, Piano Performance, Chamber Music Accompanying Piano I, Accompanying Piano II, Music Theory

  • Classical High School Diploma

    • 2015 - 2020
    • Caserta, Italy
    • Istituto Salesiano Sacro Cuore di Maria
    • Relevant Course Work: Philosophy, Classical Studies, Latin Literature, Ancient Greek Literature, English Literature, History of Art
    • Graduation Grade: 100 cum laude

Work Experience

  • Undergraduate Researcher

    • Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Chicago, IL
    • February 2022 - May 2022
    • Selected to be part of a multidisciplinary team of 5 with students from all years at Illinois Tech
    • Studying the Games for Girls movement with the support of a $145,965 grant from the National Science Foundation to Associate Professor of Digital Humanities and Media Studies Carly Kocurek
    • Performed textual analysis and conducted library research on the history of the games for girls movement
    • Copyedited transcriptions, prepared materials for submission to the project archival partner

  • Graphic Designer

    • Escape Room: Operation Circus
    • Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Chicago, IL
    • June 2021 - August 2021
    • Selected among students of all years at Illinois Tech to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of 15 on the realization of the project: "Escape Room: Operation Circus"
    • Defined brand identity for the escape room, using Figma to design the logo and flyers
    • Conducted A/B testing presenting the game to university management and general publ

  • Digital Media Officer

    • Women And Gender Minorities in STEM (WiSTEM)
    • Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Chicago, IL
    • May - December 2021
    • Created and updated website pages
    • Organized marketing and advertising campaigns to increase membership
    • Participated in executive board meetings and brainstorming sessions
    • Formulated and pitched new events ideas
    • Managed social media accounts on LinkedIn and Instagram
    • Designed and published branded content
    • Copyedited written pieces and designed the organization’s montly newsletter
    • More about my Digital Media Officer-related work

  • Digital Humanities Representative

    • Women And Gender Minorities in STEM (WiSTEM)
    • Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Chicago, IL
    • January - May 2021
    • Reach out to students and faculty from my major area
    • Create and update documents such as spreadsheets to share useful information with students, on a weekly basis
    • Assist with maintaining strong social media and brand presence across multiple platforms

  • Executive Editor

    • TechNews
    • Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Chicago, IL
    • April 2022 – Present
    • Coordinated a team of 10 copy editors, ensuring plagiarism rules and AP style standards are followed
    • Designed branded content for the newspaper social media platforms
    • Led weekly general body meetings, reported member contributions to paying campus authorities

  • Copywriter

    • TechNews
    • Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Chicago, IL
    • January 2022 – Present
    • Copyedit pieces following AP style conventions, optimize titles and metadata, for digital and print publishing

  • Writer

    • TechNews
    • Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Chicago, IL
    • January 2021 – Present

  • Interview Journalist and PR Chair

    • UNITE, Anti-Resume Project
    • Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Chicago, IL
    • September 2021 - December 2021
    • Reached out to and interview professionals from different fields
    • Produced written pieces following the interviews
    • Created Instagram posts and emails to publicize the pieces to the general public

Honors and Awards

  • Mario Negri Scholarship: ‘Fondo Mario Negri’ scholarships are awarded to high school seniors with exceptionally high graduation grades. I graduated with 100 cum laude in 2020.
  • First Place at San Giorgio e Il Drago, Il Libro e La Rosa, national poetry competition. April 2019
  • Honorable Mention at Italian Model United Nations simulation (IMUN). January 2020
  • Best author under 25 at “Ossi di Seppia”, national poetry competition. February 2021
  • Honorable Mention at Pagine D'oro Della Poesia Italiana, international poetry competition. 2019
  • Honorable Mention at VII Premio Progetti di Armonia, national poetry competition. June 2019
  • Special Jury Prize at Il Sublime, international poetry competition. January 2019
  • Finalist Poet at XVII Verrà il mattino e avrà un tuo verso- Poesie d’amore. March 2020
  • Special Jury Prize at Premio Besio 1860, international poetry competition. January 2020
  • First Place as pianist at Mille E Una Nota, international music performance competition. May 2017
  • First Place as a piano duo at Luigi Denza, international music competition. May 2013
  • Lewis College of Sciences and Letters 56th Annual Writing contest: freshman essay 2nd place. April 2021
  • Lewis College of Sciences and Letters 56th Annual Writing contest: fiction 3rd place. April 2021
  • Honorable Mention at The 2021 Iris N. Spencer Poetry Contest organized by The West Chester Poetry Center. April 2021

Let's Get In Touch

For any inquiries or proposals reach me at apetrone@hawk.iit.edu