About Michele.

Michele La Bella was born in Sciacca in June 2001. He grew up in a family context strongly inclined towards the international and personal cultural development. In this context he studied languages in high school; namely English, German and French. He then graduated from high school with a vote of 100/100 cum Laude. Meanwhile, he was practicing various sports including karate, horse riding and volleyball. Furthermore, he studied the drum instrument for a period of about ten years, also participating in competitions, finishing nationally as fifth overall at the age of thirteen in Correggio, Emilia-Romagna.

 

Cultivating a deep passion for internal and national politics, he participates in congresses, demonstrations and events of a cultural and socio-political nature. In particular, diplomacy is the highest source of aspiration for him. After moving to Rome to get his B.A. cum laude in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in English at LUISS Guido Carli (first in Italy and fourteenth in the world for politics and international relations studies), he continues to pursue his passions, both cultural and technical-political. It primarily focuses on three specific sectors: the academic and studying, the associative-cultural, and the political-diplomatic one. He's now pursuing his M.A. in International Relations, always at LUISS.

 

He soon became editor, and then deputy editorial director, of the university magazine "Madama Louise". A historic newspaper, in which famous up-to-date writers and commentators were born. He wrote articles mainly focused on art, culture and current political affairs. Michele joined another de jure non-profit association, but de facto organized as a consulting firm, named “JELU Consulting”. Within JELU, first as an Associate Member, and then as Head of the Business Development Area, he had the possibility of managing an entire area of approx. fifteen associates and direct projects of a millionaire economic magnitude. Furthermore, he became head of the Public Affairs area, of "JE Italy", the Italian confederation of all "Junior Enterprises". It includes "JELU Consulting", and other thirty-six universities scattered throughout the Italian territory with more than two thousand associates and a seven-figure turnover. In the summer of 2022, together with Mauro Anaclio and Vincenzo Giorgio Colletti, he founded "Treenacria Innovation and Creativity", with the aim of contributing to the multidisciplinary development of specific realities through innovative projects. He is also associate of AISES Young, the young section of the "School of Social and Economic Policies", SPES Carlo A. Ciampi.

 

In the political and diplomatic sphere, he carried out an internship at the Pakistan Embassy in the Defense Section, under the guidance of a Pakistani Air Force General. Subsequently, he is selected for another internship within the Political Section of the US Embassy in Italy for a period of one year. Furthermore, since February 2023 he has been external editorial collaborator for the "Osservatorio Romano", the official newspaper of the Holy See.

 

Michele is attending many courses. Among which a Course in Applied Ethics, at LUISS, a course entitled "from poverty to prosperity: understanding economic development", by professor Sir. Paul Collier of the University of Oxford (UK), and a course in European planning according to the ECS 2021-2027 scheme, in collaboration with the National Youth Agency (ANG). Furthermore, he was selected together with thirty other participants from various European countries in September 2022 within the Italian group composed of four people for monitoring and evaluating the applicability of ECS programs in third and candidate countries. The project took place in Manisa, Turkey. 

 

In addition to his academic interests related to the political and socio-cultural contexts, Michele has level C2 of English, B2.2 of German, and B1 of French. He constantly participates in meetings, and events, in which opportunities to analyze and debate on specific related topics, precisely the political, economic, and socio-cultural aspect, are given.