Amelia Gambetti was an educator in the Reggio Emilia Municipal Preschools for 25 years, working alongside her mentor Loris Malaguzzi, the founder of the Reggio Emilia approach. As Reggio children coordinator of exhibits from 1998-2016, Gambetti worked on the creation and consequent updates of "The Hundred Languages of Children" traveling exhibition. She was also part of the research group for "The Wonder of Learning: The Hundred Languages of Children."
Gambetti began her collaboration in the United States as a visiting lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, then as pedagogical coordinator at the Model Early Learning Center, a school run by the Capital Children's Museum and the District of Columbia serving an inner-city population. She has participated in more than 25 NAEYC conferences, many seminars, conferences, and workshops in United States and Canada, and has visited more than 300 schools. She is a pedagogical collaborator and consultant to schools, universities, and colleges in North America, and has led professional development initiatives in North Europe, South America, Asia, the Middle East and South Africa.
