Andrea Berna studied History of Art at the DAMS in Bologna and got a specialization in Innovation and Organization of Culture and the Arts at the local School of Economics. Since 2016 he has been working as human resources and internal communication manager at Cassero LGBTI+ Center. Starting from 2011, he is also EU project planner for Gender Bender Festival for which he has become organization manager in 2015. In 2013-2015 and 2017-2019 he has been project coordinator for the previous editions of Performing Gender.