He attended the classical lyceum Luigi Galvani and graduated in political science from the University of Bologna.

[2] In 2007, he obtained a master's degree in international relations, after having carried out an internship in Brussels at the Liaison Office with the European Institutions of the Emilia-Romagna Region.

In 2008 he obtained another master's degree in building and urban planning and in 2009 one in cooperation economics, both at the University of Bologna.

[3] From 2008 to 2011, Lepore was responsible for the territorial development, innovation and internationalization area of Legacoop Bologna.

[5] Elected town councilor also in the 2016 election, he was then appointed councilor for Culture, Tourism, Heritage, Sport and Civic Imagination, becoming one of the closest advisor of Merola and widely considered his most probable successor as mayor.