Elisabetta Mongardi is one of the curators of A occhi aperti, and formerly of BilBOlbul International Comics Festival. As a member of Hamelin, she has co-curated numerous shows, including monographic exhibitions by Chris Ware, Dominique Goblet, Yvan Alagbé, Amandine Meyer and several collective shows. She teaches comics to education professionals, and holds visual literacy workshops for kids. 
With Hamelin, she is co-curator of the Comics Corner programme at Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
She has translated comics by Jillian Tamaki, Conor Stechschulte, Max de Radiguès, Ludovic Debeurme and many others.