"Knowledge in service of Life"

Elisa Cereda

Founder of Ars Vitae Academy, a project born from the desire to unite education, art, ancient crafts, and personal growth in an experiential, innovative, and transformative path.

A specialist in Waldorf pedagogy and a teacher of artistic and craft disciplines in secondary schools, she combines her educational work with a deep commitment to projects focused on sustainability, self-sufficiency, and authentic beauty.

Artist, entrepreneur, and craftswoman, an untiring creator, she brings together thought and imagination, concreteness and inspiration, integrating strength and delicacy, vision and action.

Orietta Lucchini Kraus​

An educator by vocation, she has devoted her life to children. From elementary school teacher to adoptive mother, founder and president of the association Mani per l’Infanzia, she has been active in numerous countries around the world.

For over twenty years, she has been committed to child protection and family support, both in Switzerland and abroad, through educational, social, and humanitarian projects.

Within Ars Vitae Academy, she brings her pedagogical experience, social vision, and deep love for the Earth and for the human being in growth.

Veronica Brizzi

Always fascinated by the complexity of human experience and by the deeper dimensions that guide life, she works as a yoga teacher and analytic–existential counsellor.

With an approach that integrates body, mind, and emotions, her aim is to accompany each person in the art and understanding of self. She focuses on self-esteem, personal value, unconscious dynamics, emotional and relational dimensions, and dream analysis.

Within Ars Vitae Academy, she brings a sensitive and integrated perspective, fostering spaces of listening, transformation, and deep connection.