# whoami

Hi there. This is me:

My name is izi, a computational linguist deeply passionate about biodiversity and the preservation of botanical and agricultural heritage knowledge.

Currently, I’m based on a farm in the Tuscan hills, where I work remotely on informatics projects, random illustrations, and linguistics.

My week: Nourishing my inner nerd from Monday to Wednesday and cultivating my inner farmer and creative soul from Thursday to Sunday.

# coding

For projects with and without friends, I develop websites and databases with a thematic focus on art & culture, biodiversity, agriculture, design, typography, and other cool topics.

I mainly work with Python, Vue.js, and Angular, but I also enjoy shell scripts, database architecture and playing around with maps, eg. OpenLayers, and Linked Open Data.

• BOTANICAL NER: Named Enity Recognition pipeline to detect and extract scientific and vernacular plant names from German and English texts. (Master of Arts | UZH Zurich)
• biodiversity linked open data: Application of pipeline to digitized botanical works in collab with plazi.org to make species-related information available as Linked Open Data (Workshop | UZH Zurich)
• species distribution ATLAS: frontend web and database development for endangered mushroom and lichen species and geo-distributed data (GIS group | WSL Zurich)
• LD-LFI: conversion pipeline for Linked Open Data for visualizing forest data (GIS group | WSL Zurich)

• tarot (digital tarot project with esther | space, universe)
• Zaak (creative it services | Zurich, CH)
• WomenWritingArchitecture (publishing prototype | Zurich, CH)
• Quagga Illustrations (Picture Agency for historical prints + illustrations | Berlin, DE)
• raum.zuerich (Room + event platform | Zurich, CH)
• Mirabella-Morganti (Design + typography studio | Zurich, CH)
• Franz und Coco (Architecture studio | Zurich, CH)
• Kosakon (regenerative agriculture consulting | Merzig, DE)
• Gello3000 (Collective Farm Project | San Miniato, IT)
• Microfarmplanner (CSA+market garden planner | Hillerse, DE)
• Mushroom Atlas (geo-distribution map | Zurich, CH)
• Lichen Atlas (geo-distribution map | Zurich, CH)
• plant name recognition (ma-thesis | Zurich, CH)

# Linguae

Have you ever wondered what language you dream in?

• translations
• transcriptions and subtitling
• proofreading and post-editing
• texting
• layout + camera-ready formatting
• fact checking

• german (sudtirolean | swiss | high german), italian, english, french, ladin, spanish, norwegian

• teXtmaker (Zurich, CH)
• Supertext (Zurich/Berlin, CH)
• Langenscheidt (Munich, DE)
• Fiverr, Upwork (remote)
• ResearchGate (Publications)
• Occio, do kimp dor Karpf! (Interview 2017 | Barfuss, IT)

# activideas

Watch out, ideas are fermenting, boiling, bubbling, sparkling! To fuel collective learning by decomposing social constructs and patterns.

• re-sparkle the world through tarot cards: tarot.izitreal.space
• dive into botanical illustration through focused observation of nature.
• create natural colors and explore territories through their pigments.
• explore the intersection of agriculture, nature, and art.
• teach and learn with others about edible plants and self-sufficiency.
• re-imagine countryside patterns: cultivate collective feminist safe spaces on farms.
• learn and grow together—no judgment for failures!
• provide bread: no more bread from the store, just homemade sourdough with local flour.
• candle making: repurpose wax and leftovers to light the fire in your heart.

• my mam (greatest teacher of them all!)
• Pedagogia ciclica (Political and educational perspective on menstruation, Pedagogia ciclica, 2025)
• PDC 72h (women's Permaculture Design Course | L'asino e la luna, 2024)
• Intro to Permaculture (Bosco di Ogigia | online, 2023)
• Pruning olive trees(Vivaio Belfiore | 2023)
• Pruning fruit trees (ProSpecieRara | 2022)
• Seeds (ProSpecieRara | 2019)

# naturae

Join me for a virtual stroll through the Tuscan hills — a meditation of biodiversity, discovery, and nature’s quiet wonders (filmed in gello for the project xploreNature by #sustainabledecisions).

• Field-botany (iNaturalist.org)
• Botanical Certificate (Zurich, CH)
• cultivating herbs (Laimburg, IT)