Linda is the TFI Vice President and a former Project Manager at the Italian European Patients’ Academy (EUPATI), a consortium that helps bring together patients, academia, non-profit organizations, and regulators. As a thyroid patient advocate, she has worked and translated an educational booklet: “Mr. Iody and Little Salty – Best Friends”, aimed to inform children aged 6 to 10 on the importance of iodine and the correct use of salt. She has been actively involved in the MotherBabyIodine (MBI) project. Together with WIA, IGN, GAIN, and other organizations, she has been working on several awareness campaigns to increase awareness of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) by educating the public on the safety and efficacy of the use of iodized salt to prevent iodine deficiency, especially in women of reproductive age.