Claudio graduated from Portsmouth Polytechnic with a BA (Hons) in Modern Languages and Area Studies. He also obtained the Final Diploma in Translation and Interpreting awarded by the Institute of Linguists. After working at Portsmouth Polytechnic and at various FE colleges, Claudio joined the then Southampton Institute of Higher Education in 1989.
Claudio is Unit Leader for Spanish and Italian units and teaches on the following units: Introductory Italian, Italian Lower Intermediate, Italian Upper Intermediate, Italian Lower Advanced, Italian Upper Advanced, Introductory Spanish, Spanish Lower Intermediate, Spanish Upper Intermediate, Spanish Lower Advanced and Spanish Upper Advanced.