She first appeared in Italian National team in 2017, when she was a member of a junior group which competed at the 2017 Junior European Championships in Budapest, Hungary and won silver medal in 10 Clubs final. A year later, she returned to individual competition and represented Italy at the 2018 Junior European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain. She and her teammates Eva Swahili Gherardi and Sofia Raffaeli took 4th place in Team competition. Talisa also qualified to two Apparatus finals, taking 6th place with Hoop and winning bronze medal with Ribbon. As the most successful Italian junior that year, she was selected to represent Italy at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She placed second after Russian Daria Trubnikova in Individual Qualifications and then took bronze medal in Individual Final, after Ukrainian Khrystyna Pohranychna. She also won gold medal in Mixed Team competition.