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On Being an Immigrant – A Reflection February 28, 2025 I now know that hating all things English and hating the Canadian obsession with sports became distractions, displacements for what really confused me - my identity. When I lived in Canada, I had a foot in two camps - the Calabria of my youth and the Italian-Canadian immigrant community. Now as an American, I still have a foot in two camps - the Calabria of my youth and the America of my present. In the past, I didn't know how to process and create an identity from these dualities; I didn't know how to mesh the two pieces to form a whole. Continue reading »

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Nancy Pelosi January 22, 2023

Zelensky December 21, 2022

Adriatic October 10, 2022

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