Pina Deffenu studied in Pisa at the Faculty of Humanities and has been working at the Language Centre of the University of Pisa since 2001. She has worked as a librarian managing the purchase and organization of bibliographic material, supporting students, researchers and professors in their research activities. She was involved in the organization of the international exchange with the students of the University of Chicago, acting as a facilitator and helping them with accommodation and orientation during their stay in Pisa. Since 2007 she has been in charge of the planning and management of Italian language courses for foreign students in Pisa. As a member of the staff of the Language Centre, she has collaborated with the IPH program from its very beginning, witnessing how it has contributed to the widening of the teaching offer of Italian courses at the Language Centre