About Me

Ciao! I’m Serena — online Italian teacher, author, and learning content creator

My mission

I help passionate learners speak authentic, real-life Italian — confidently and joyfully. Whether you’re just starting out or already on your journey, my online Italian courses are designed to help you refine your fluency. My goal is to make your learning experience inspiring, structured, and deeply connected to Italian culture.
I absolutely love what I do — and I’m always (literally!) thinking of new, creative ways to help learners assimilate the language and engage with it in a meaningful way.
I truly believe that learning a foreign language is a superpower, and I’m fully committed to helping my students unlock theirs.

Why I started italianpills.com (this blog)?

When I first began teaching Italian — many, many years ago — I noticed that most learners struggled with disorganized resources and overly complex explanations, often written in advanced Italian that didn’t help beginners or intermediate students at all.
That’s why I created italianpills — to offer clear, practical content, written in a way that respects the learner’s native language and learning process.
I strongly believe that adults do not learn like children — and that mimicking or full immersion is not always effective or realistic.
What started as a grammar-focused blog has now grown into a comprehensive language-learning platform, offering graded readers on my e-shop and on Amazon and a bimonthly e-magazine used by thousands of learners every month.