Erika Lastovskytė translates from Lithuanian and Italian and holds an MA in English Studies from Vilnius University. She is a creator, developer, and manager of various cultural programmes and has worked on projects such as the Summer Literary Seminars International in Lithuania (2011–2014) and the Baltic Women Writers’ Tour in the UK (2017). In 2018, Erika won the prestigious Emerging Translator Mentorships Programme organized by the National Centre for Writing. She’s based in the south of Italy.