Lisa Rubenstein Calevi holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Michigan and a M.A. in Italian Renaissance Art History from the Syracuse University Florence Fellowship Program. She has lectured in the United States at the Cultural Institute of the Italian Consulate and the Museo Italo Americano. In Italy, she has lectured for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the University of California, the University of Virginia, the University of Georgia, Syracuse University, the Museo dell Opera del Duomo and the Museo di Castelvecchio. Lisa currently teaches for Trinity College Elderhostel Programs in the Veneto, and guides private groups on specialized tours of northern Italy. She has lived in Verona, Italy for the past 11 years.