Paul P.

My love for the Italian language and culture began at a very young age. Growing up, my parents always spoke to me in the dialect of Ciociaro. But as I became older, I sought to teach myself the Italian language at the age of 10 by using many online tutors, and other family members and friends that I had made in Italy during my travels. By the age of 13, I was asked to speak at my high school's district board meeting about possibly funding and implementing an Italian program in the middle and hig…