Lara graduated in 2009 from Bologna University, Italy. After working for a few years as a mixed (equine and small animal) general practitioner, she completed the Vets Now Cutting Edge Course in April 2018 and started working as an Out-of-hours clinician within the Vets Now Southampton clinic. In April 2019, she obtained the CertAVP in ECC and moved to Glasgow, where she completed both the rotating and ECC-specific internship at Vets Now 24/7 Pet Emergency Hospital. In January 2021, she started the ECVECC Small Animal Residency within the same institution and completed it in January 2024. In October 2024 she obtained the European (EBVS) and RCVS Specialist status in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. Her main interests reside in coagulation, transfusion medicine, sepsis, and extra-corporeal therapies.