I was born in Torrecuso, a small town that lies among the mountains near the city of Benevento, in southern Italy. I have become very soon became an amateur stargazer, spending most of my childhood observing the starry night sky from the backyard, so at the age of 8, I decided to be an astrophysicist.

Therefore, when I was 13, I enrolled at the scientific lyceum "G. Rummo" in Benevento, and during that period I became interested also in electronics and computer science. After that, I finally moved to Naples, where I studied physics at the University of Naples "Federico II" until I obtained a Bachelor's and Master's degrees.

I obtained a PhD in Mathematics, Physics, and Applications (curriculum of astrophysics) at the University of Salerno (Fisciano),  with a fellowship co-founded by the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte (Naples).