Oli help’s team is made up of an eclectic group of professionals who care for a more inclusive future.
Valeria has built her career in the private and public sector on the back of her ability to deliver creative solutions and to build high performing teams. Her passion for technology brought her to Thoughtworks, after extensive hands-on product management and digital transformation experience. At the EBRD in London she held several leadership positions focusing on social and economic change. While change features prominently in her CV, it was her personal experience of behavioural change necessary to support her son that inspired her to create Oli help. Valeria holds an MPA from Columbia University and the London School of Economics.
Valeria Della Rosa
Founder & CEO
Dr. Emily DuPre
Clinical Psychologist Lead
Emily is a licensed and accredited child and family clinical psychologist who earned her PhD in the United States, working in academic medical centres including Massachusetts General Hospital and UCLA Medical Center. She then conducted clinical work in Hong Kong before continuing her career in the United Kingdom, where she currently practices. She has extensive expertise in several subspecialties, including childhood ADHD, OCD, and severe emotional dysregulation. In addition to her professional work, Emily has a personal interest in children’s psychological well-being as the mother of two young children, one of whom is neurodiverse.
Julia Woollams
Brand & Design Lead
Julia is a graphic designer and branding consultant working across a variety of sectors, from culture and NGO, to health, education and technology. She has over two decades experience solving unique brand and communications challenges. Making a positive social difference through creativity is a priority: as well as consulting with clients big and small and running her own community-based projects, she teaches degree students at Kingston School of Art. She has a particular interest in accessibility through design and child-centred communications. She has two young daughters.
Dr. Valeria Tessarollo
Child Neuropsychiatrist
Valeria is a medical doctor specialized in developmental mental health. She received her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the State University of Milan. For over 10 years she has been working within the neuropsychiatry department of San Paolo Hospital in Milan where she has gained valuable experience, particularly in the diagnosis and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders. Moreover, she is currently the coordinator of the specialist outpatient clinic for ADHD and behavioral disorders. She has always been interested in neurodiversity from a scientific point of view, but her passion for this field is fueled every day by the originality and potential it entails.
Dr. Ilaria Costantino
Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist
After graduating in clinical, developmental and neuropsychology from Bicocca University in Milan, Ilaria specialised in cognitive psychotherapy (CTC, Como) and obtained a master's degree in developmental psychotherapy (SBPC, Bologna). After many years working with neurodiverse children, since 2018 she is the psychologist in charge of Child, Parent and Teacher Trainings at the specialist outpatient clinic for ADHD at the San Paolo Hospital in Milan. She understands the difficulties that a neurodevelopmental disorder entails for the individual and the people around them, but she has also had the opportunity to discover their potential and build solutions in an open and reciprocal exchange in which psychological science is centred on people.
Pina Fenda Grody
Linguist &
Customer Care Lead
Pina is fluent in Italian, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and German! She is an experienced interpreter, translator and editor in these languages. She read law at the University of Florence and graduated from the University of Trieste as a conference interpreter. She has lived in many countries on various continents and embraced the opportunity to learn from many different cultures and appreciate the beauty and uniqueness of each and every single one of them. Beyond languages, she has a deep passion for the arts, and couldn’t envisage life without music or poetry. Most importantly, she is the proud mother of two wonderful and talented young men... and forever a Montessori child!
Mariella Cappelletto
Experience Designer
Mariella is a passionate experience designer who graduated from the Politecnico di Milan in Interior Design and later in Product Service System Design with a thesis on Space and Activity Design for teachers of children with neurodiversity. She worked as a spatial & UX designer for Vans customisation experience at the Milan store and later as a Service and UX Designer for Accenture. Today, she works tirelessly to give Oli a beatiful and welcoming home that makes parents and caregivers feel comfortable.
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Giulia Fea
Communications and Social media
Giulia is our social media manager and communications expert.
With a long experience in digital and non-digital communication, at Oli help Giulia is in charge of creating and editing contents on social media, on our website and in our app. Passionate, dynamic, and driven by collaboration, Giulia serves as the voice of Oli, informing and engaging the parents we aim to help.
Carlo Cifarelli
Lead Software Engineer
Carlo is one of the Lead Software Engineers at Oli help. He has more than 15 years of experience in designing complex systems, platform integrations, automation and predictive analytics.
At Oli help he is responsible for the design and implementation of the platform, securing the data that parents and caregivers entrust to us and managing the development workflow so that no hiccups occur. At first glance he might look like a robot, but in reality he is a sensitive, attentive and helpful colleague... who in his spare time tries to help the team keep their work in order.
Ruslan Y.
Lead Software Engineer
Ruslan is a Mobile Software Engineer passionate about mobile animation and the art of building high-capacity systems and scalable solutions. Ruslan is the man behind the development of our mobile application, he joined to meet the challenge of building a tech aid for parents that will go unnoticed. His goal is to provide smooth interactions that will make doing things differently feel second nature!