Aurelia is a Master in Media Studies student at Concordia University. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in French linguistics and minored in Cultural History at the University of Turku in Finland. Her research focuses on the representation of Arabs and Muslims in Western political discourse perpetrated through Islamophobia and Orientalism looking at rhetoric and policy, specifically.

Previously, she worked in a research group that produced a report called Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Press Coverage, which was presented at the EU as well as in events related to the ethics of journalism. Aurelia has a multi-cultural background having grown up, worked and studied in several countries.