Maria Beatrice Alonzi has a master’s degree in Behavioral Analysis Techniques and Methods and Scientific Analysis of Nonverbal Behavior. She is also a TEDx speaker, a speaker for Sapienza University of Rome, and the author of three bestsellers, with over 250,000 copies sold. She is a science communicator who works to raise awareness of the stigma of mental illness and therapy: every day over 2 million followers follow her on all digital platforms.