She graduated from the Politecnico di Milano in 1951, when her first son Sandro was just a few months old. Her other sons Stefano and Tito were born, respectively, in 1956 and 1958. Immediately after graduating she began working at the firm of Gio Ponti, who tried to dissuade her from pursuing a career in a field that he considered to be for men. The misogyny that plagued the field of architecture has only recently been conquered, thanks in part to architects like Cini Boeri. After her initial experience, she moved on to the firm of Marco Zanuso, who granted her more freedom and with whom she collaborated until 1963, when she opened her own firm in her home in Piazza Sant’Ambrogio. Piazza Sant’Ambrogio in Milan was “her” piazza: she spent her childhood there with her family, and moved back as an adult. Cini Boeri was part of that enlightened middle class that raised the city to the ranks of “capital” of Northern Italy, with a blend of culture and entrepreneurship that touched on all fields of knowledge.