Francesca Marchiori is an Italian Lupus patient. She was born in Rome and still lives there. She is a mechanical engineer and has been living with SLE for more than 30 years. After experiencing glomerulonephritis in 2000, she made the decision to become more actively involved with patient associations. Initially, with the Italian patient group, then progressed to Lupus Europe, and eventually also became involved with EULAR.
Her primary professional background lies in engineering research within the field of steel production, making the role of Patient Research Partner for EULAR and Lupus Europe PAN member particularly fitting for her. In 2022 she followed a course for Patient Experts in Digital Technologies for Health.