Alessandra Mirra, a native of Rome, Italy, received a Ph.D. in Italian Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. She is coordinator of the Italian program at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., where she teaches courses in Italian language, culture and literature. Her publications revolve mostly around modern and contemporary Italian...
Angelina Cappelli is an eighth-grader in Chester County, Pa., with four Italian immigrant grand-parents from Casal Velino and Avelino in Campagna, Teramo in Abruzzo and Ascoli Piceno in Marche.
Anthony Carbonetta is a writer and filmmaker from Philadelphia. He has toured Italy with family in Perano and beyond. While exploring his family tree, he wrote a biography on his family’s migration. Along with working on films and commercials, he is a freelance copywriter. For more on him, visit https://anthonycarbonetta.wordpress.com