Elisabetta Valentini

Elisabetta was born and raised in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, and has been living in Seattle for over 16 years. 

She graduated with a Masters in Modern Literature and Philosophy at the University of Perugia and worked in International Relations at the University of Perugia for the EU Education programs. She served as President of the Perugia Rotary Youth Chapter and was an active member of CISOM (Corpo Italiano Soccorso Ordine di Malta).

 Since moving to Seattle Elisabetta has held the position as an Instructor of Italian Language and culture for The Dante Alighieri Society, The Seattle Language Academy and percorsoItaliano.

She is President of the Perugia-Seattle Sister City Association and has been actively involved within the Association for over 30 years.

 In 2018 Elisabetta was appointed Honorary Consul of Italy for the State of Washington, Idaho and Montana by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic.

 She proudly supports the Italian community with her Office at Casa Italiana, the Italian Cultural Center founded in 2021 and she is a member of the Consular Association of Washington.

She is married and a mother of three children, she loves meeting people and learning about different cultures, she enjoys Jazz music and traveling and is  patriotic to her nationality, returning as often as she can to her native beautiful region of Umbria.