Dr Cerrato graduated with honors in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Pavia before completing her residency with honors at the University of Verona in 2023. During her training, she was selected for the SIU-AUA Research Fellowship Programme, a collaborative initiative between the Società Italiana di Urologia and the American Urological Association, where she worked under the mentorship of Professor M. Monga and I.H. Derweesh at the University of California, San Diego. She is a Fellow of the European Board of Urology since 2023. A member of the EAU since 2020, she joined the YUO in june 2024, and in the same year completed the EAU Talent Incubator Programme, a selective initiative designed to develop the next generation of urological leader. In 2025 she joined the YAU infectious Diseases Working Group. Her research interests span urothelial and kidney cancer, endourology and emerging technologies, and urological infectious diseases. As a YUO member, she is contributing to the sustainability project aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of urology departments across Europe, and BClear, a programme supported by the EU working to improve bladder cancer literacy through shared decision-making. Living in the in the UK since 2023, after working two years as a Senior Urology Fellow at the Southampton Univerisy Hospital under the guidance of Professor B. Somani, Dr. Cerrato is currently serving as Complex Upper Tract Fellow at the Nottingham University Hospital.