Alessandra Smerilli

[2] In July 1993, Alessandra graduated from the Raffaele Mattioli Scientific High School in her native town, Vasto[2] and later began her studies in economics.

[2] Sister Alessandra Smerilli works at the Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences Auxilium as an extraordinary professor of political economy and statistics, and also as a member of the University's board of directors.

[2] In 2018, she was an auditor at the 15th ordinary general assembly of the Synod of Bishops which took place in Vatican City from 3 to 28 October 2018 on the theme "Young people, faith and vocational discernment".

[8][9] Since spring 2020, she has coordinated the Economic Task Force of the Vatican COVID-19 Commission, an institution created by Pope Francis to express the Church's concern in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and to propose answers to the socio-economic challenges of the future.

[10] Sister Alessandra Smerilli is also a member of the Women for a New Renaissance[11] a task force set up by the Minister for Equal Opportunities and the family of the Italian politician Elena Bonetti.