About
Alice Fratesi is an Italian biologist and digital communication strategist. During her master’s in ecology at the University of Copenhagen, she studied how long-tailed macaques are portrayed online. That research sparked her interest in how the stories we tell about wildlife shape the way we relate to animals.
Alice joined the Tapir Vet Project as an intern in September 2025 and spent two months with the team in Costa Rica. One of her favourite memories is from the last day of her internship. While the team was tracking a collared tapir during a capture operation, they spotted an uncollared female and a calf. The calf approached Alice on its own, and she stayed still and watched without touching it. Seeing a whole tapir family on her last day made the moment especially memorable.
Alice began helping with the project’s social media while she was still an intern. That experience inspired her to specialise in social media marketing and fundraising so she could do more to support the project. It also set her on the path to working as a digital strategist. Today, she coordinates the Tapir Vet Project’s digital communications, sharing stories from the field through social media and newsletters and helping people support Baird’s tapir conservation through fundraising campaigns.
Check out at her website www.alicefratesi.com