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Cecilia Moreschi, drama therapist, author, playwright, stage actress, director, and teacher, was born in 1971 in Monterotondo. She currently lives in Rome with her husband, Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher, an author and storyteller, with whom she has two children.

In 1995, she graduated in Literature and Entertainment Studies from the "Sapienza" University of Rome and later enhanced her theatrical training with the following: an Acting diploma from the "Gropius" School, a choral theater workshop led by Tiziana Lucattini, a workshop on fables and the art of storytelling with Ruotalibera, a Diction course at Upter University, a Psychodrama seminar led by Ferruccio Gori, a workshop on the art of clowning and street theatre led by Maurizio Fabbri, and another workshop on clowning directed by Gaston Troiano, both at the “International School of Lecoq”. She also attended an Acting Stage on Biomechanics and Social Theater directed by Gary Brackett of the “Living Theatre”, a Theater Dance workshop conducted by Patrizia Picano, a specialization course in Theatre Therapy and Comic Therapy at Roma Tre University, a Playback Theater Internship led by Luigi Dotti at Roma Tre University, a course on the Verbo-Tonal Method with Giorgia Salemi, a course on Space-Time Methods by Patrizia Marletta, a course on ADHD management held by Igea Centro Promozione Salute, and a course on Autism: an integrated approach to the complexity of the problem in the school context, offered by the Institute of Orthophonology. Additionally, she took part in a course on ADHD: Clinical and Didactic Aspects, held by the Potenzimenti Association.

Since 1999, she has conducted drama therapy sessions at the Centro di Audiofonologopedia, one of Italy's most important institutions for children with hearing and learning impairments, and has also led theater courses for young students in schools.

In 2005, after a workshop with around eighty children from the "VII Circolo Montessori" school in Rome, she co-wrote and directed the play "If There Had Been Peace" with her colleague Alessandra Sartori. In 2006, the play was published by Edizioni Corsare in Perugia. In 2008, her second book, "The History of Theatre Goes On Stage", was published by Edizioni Corsare.

From 2005 to 2019, she and her husband organized "The Gift of Diversity", the Italian Theatre Storytelling Festival in Rome.

From 2016 to 2019, she worked with the Sapienza University of Rome, teaching the "Dramatization" course to second-year Speech Therapy students.

From 2017 to 2020, she was a faculty member in the Master's program "Art Therapies: Intervention Methods and Techniques," teaching within the Theater Therapy course at Sapienza University of Rome.

Since 2016, she has been a member of Storytellers for Peace, an international network of storytellers.

At the end of 2018, after more than twenty years of study and practical experience, she named her work Logoteatroterapia (Logos-Drama Therapy).

In 2019, her book "Teatro a scuola. Recitiamo con i classici della letteratura" (Theatre at School. Let's Play with the Classics of Literature) was published by WriteUp Books Editore.

Since 2020, she has been a professor of Performing Arts at Sapienza University of Rome, in the Faculty of Speech Therapy.

In 2020, she published Logoteatroterapia. Il teatro per le disabilità della comunicazione (Logo-Drama Therapy: Theatre for Communication Disabilities) with WriteUp Books Editore.

In November 2022, she released a new book: Il metodo X. Intuitivo creativo sensoriale. Parte teorica. Con schede operative, co-authored with Maria Lauriello and Giorgia Salemi, published by Fabbrica dei Segni Editore.

In July 2025, she will release her new book: Teatro, arte di felicità (Theatre, Art of Happiness), published by Edizioni Intra.

Since 2023, she has hosted a podcast on Drama Therapy and Theatre with children.