Anna Maria Bravo holds a four-year Master’s degree in Law from the University of Bologna (1997, 110/110 cum laude), with a thesis on criminal procedure. She was enrolled in the Professional Order of Lawyers in Bologna from 2001 to 2004, having practised in a professional firm for two years and attended the Forensic Application Institute ‘E. Redenti in Bologna as a postgraduate student. She worked as a freelance lawyer, specialising in administrative and tax law, during an internship at the Italian Revenue Agency in Emilia-Romagna (2003–2004). After winning public competitions for administrative officer positions with the Italian government (Ministry of Defence, 2000; Ministry of Productive Activities, 2001) and other public institutions in Italy, she has worked as a public officer at the Italian Ministry of Agriculture’s Executive Office in Bologna since 2004, serving as the financial and accounting manager of the Inspectorate for Quality Control of Agri-food Products. She has been a member of City Space Architecture since its foundation in 2013, proactively supporting the organisation of international events in Bologna (2014, 2023, 2024) and Venice (2018), to which she contributed as an observer.