Francesca Afxentiou holds a Master Degree in Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning and a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management. Since January 2023, she is a Special Teaching Staff at the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism, at the Cyprus University of Technology. She worked at the Higher Hotel Institute Cyprus (HHIC) from September 2003 to December 2022, where she was Hospitality Master. Her responsibilities include the teaching of courses in both programmes of study – Hospitality and Tourism Management and Culinary Arts.

She has an extensive experience in the hospitality and tourism industry as she had worked in the hospitality industry of Cyprus more than 10 years. Her background is mostly at the Front Office Department and Accounting. She has also an experience as project manager of KA1 and KA2 EU projects.