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Nerina Finetto is Italian and the founder and director of Traces&Dreams.

Before founding Traces&Dreams, she built a dynamic international career in media and communications. She worked for over a decade in Germany, where she led corporate media teams and produced internal and external video content at DaimlerChrysler TV Media, eventually heading its corporate video department. She also founded her own communications consultancy, advising educational institutions and small businesses on storytelling and digital strategy.

As an award-winning documentary filmmaker, Nerina developed and produced films focused on science, innovation, and culture, collaborating with production companies and broadcasters across Europe. Her early academic work in gender history—exploring women’s lives in 18th and 19th century autobiographical texts—continues to inform her thoughtful, human-centered narrative approach today.

Nerina is the mother of four children. Her work is deeply rooted in the idea of legacy, for the generations to come, and in quiet dedication to the memory of her daughter. When not shaping stories, she finds grounding in nature and joy in the company of her three children, nurturing the values that guide her vision of a wiser tomorrow.

“As a Social Media Manager, I am proud to grow Traces&Dreams Community in a natural and social way.
I am also keen on facilitating conversations across borders.”

Ekaterina Pugacheva has a Ph.D. in International relations from Saint Petersburg State University. She has over 5 years of experience in event management, digital marketing, and product marketing, gained through positions in major international companies operating in Russia and Asia.

Design means giving shape.

As a Web-Designer and Web-Developer, I am proud to help shape a place where researchers can express their findings and positions, through which future is shaped and new culture is created, – which is what we are in need of, to build a peaceful society.

To me research is the highest form of education.