Lucia Mancini holds a MBA in Marketing and a BA in Economics from Loyola Marymount University. She is a Professor of Management at Gonzaga University and Florida State University in Florence, Italy and a faculty member at Kennesaw State University. Ms. Mancini has been living and working in Italy for over twenty years. Her areas of specialization are marketing, product management, entrepreneurship, social media, higher education, and study abroad. She is the creator of Lucia's Natural Air Purifying Bag which is sold throughout the United States. Lucia is the writer and self publisher of "Living the Italian Lifestyle...Anywhere."Lucia has had considerable experience working as a Marketing Manager both in Italy and in the United States. Her background ranges from being a business professor at Vanderbilt Univ, Cornell Univ., and Gonzaga University in Florence to being the Marketing Manager at UnoAerre, Italy’s largest manufacturer of gold jewelry. As Marketing Manager at UnoAerre, she also worked extensively with QVC USA. She was also Marketing Director at Emagold, a consortium of over one hundred European gold jewelry manufacturers. As a manager, she has gained considerable experience in collecting data, writing research reports and evaluations, developing presentations, organizing and managing events and Managing a staff of 15 people. In addition she has learned how to become a resourceful problem solver in a fast paced work environment in a large organization while working with a diverse team and within often difficult time constraints. Lucia is a team player but also a team leader. With over 16 years of international business exposure, she has the cultural sensitivity and people skills to successfully manage teams. Lucia was the recipient of a full research fellowship at Loyola Marymount’s MBA program. She graduated with honors from both the undergraduate (magna cum laude) and graduate (cum laude) programs. She was the recipient of The Wall Street Journal Award 1991, Outstanding Student in Economics 1991, the Italian American Federation’s Scholarship for Summer Study Abroad in Perugia, Italy. She is a member of the Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society.