{"id":9425,"date":"2021-10-23T10:55:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T14:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.italianlanguagefoundation.org\/?page_id=9425"},"modified":"2022-08-11T12:07:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:07:03","slug":"2021-teacher-recognition-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/2021-teacher-recognition-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Teacher Recognition Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9425\" class=\"elementor elementor-9425\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32db507 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32db507\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca947b0\" data-id=\"ca947b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9222aea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9222aea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1640\" height=\"924\" src=\"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CONGRTULATIONS-TO-THE-TEACHER-AWARDEES-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9652\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CONGRTULATIONS-TO-THE-TEACHER-AWARDEES-3.png 1640w, 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eccc3f5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eccc3f5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-narrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-627afdb\" data-id=\"627afdb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-652c184 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"652c184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"text-align: center;\">LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD<\/h1><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21c2fb5\" data-id=\"21c2fb5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48fa03d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48fa03d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"text-align: center;\">INNOVATION IN TEACHING<\/h1><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b403fa3 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b403fa3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ad41f18\" data-id=\"2ad41f18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-25398a2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25398a2e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f68902b\" data-id=\"f68902b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f28832 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f28832\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MARIA ENRICO<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ebbd2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ebbd2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"142\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MARIA-ENRICO.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9518\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MARIA-ENRICO.png 142w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MARIA-ENRICO-21x24.png 21w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MARIA-ENRICO-32x36.png 32w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MARIA-ENRICO-42x48.png 42w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9518307 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9518307\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Maria Enrico is Professor and was Chair of the Modern Languages Department at Borough of Manhattan Community College\/CUNY in New York<\/strong><\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-998673c elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"998673c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;rotateInDownLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;button&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-998673c\" type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-btn premium-btn-sm premium-button-none \" data-text=\"READ MORE\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-button-text-icon-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>READ MORE<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-998673c\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\" role=\"dialog\" style=\"display: none\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"rotateInDownLeft animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Born in the U.S., she grew up in Europe&#8230;and returned to the U.S. for undergraduate studies at Barnard College at Columbia University (B.A.) and graduate school at Catholic University (M.A. and Ph.D.).<\/p><p>She began her professional career working in international music copyright for American rock groups, and then became a travel agent, translation bureau chief for Berlitz, and legal assistant for the international law firm of Coudert Brothers. She left the legal field to become adjunct professor at Catholic University and American University, where she started the Italian department.<\/p><p>She was also cultural attach\u00e9 at the Consulate General of the Republic of San Marino, Executive Director of The American University of Rome, and Director of the Modern Language Program at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.<\/p><p>Along the way she has been a radio producer, opera coach, interpreter, international film festival director, and published translator. Among her translations are the plays of Dario D\u2019Ambrosi, \u201cGarbage\u201d from Pinocchio Nero by Marco Baliani, Pirandello\u2019s \u201cThe Jar \u201c,\u201c Water on the Sun\u201d by Grace Cavalieri (Bordighera Prize for translation), several novels from Spanish into English and Italian, numerous anthologized poems, and essays on cinema, and a Roman law. She translate from English into Italian and French, Italian and Spanish into English.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b7e248\" data-id=\"2b7e248\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00af053 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00af053\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MARIO \nCOSTA<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4541d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e4541d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3542-scaled-e1634953505258-1024x942.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9428\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3542-scaled-e1634953505258-1024x942.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3542-scaled-e1634953505258-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3542-scaled-e1634953505258-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3542-scaled-e1634953505258-1536x1413.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3542-scaled-e1634953505258-24x22.jpg 24w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3542-scaled-e1634953505258-36x33.jpg 36w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3542-scaled-e1634953505258-48x44.jpg 48w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3542-scaled-e1634953505258.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e626060 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e626060\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><i>Mario Costa is an Italian and a Spanish teacher <\/i><\/b>who has been teaching at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music &amp; Art and Performing Arts in New York City for 18 years and now has started a new career adventure at Brooklyn Technical High School&#8230;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fef339f elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"fef339f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;lightSpeedIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;button&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-fef339f\" type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-btn premium-btn-sm premium-button-none \" data-text=\"READ MORE\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-button-text-icon-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>READ MORE<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-fef339f\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\" role=\"dialog\" style=\"display: none\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"lightSpeedIn animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He likes creating and teaching new lessons conjugating highlights of Italian society, movies and series and the three languages modes.<\/p><p>An integral part of his responsibilities at LaGuardia HS of Performing Arts and at Brooklyn Technical HS have been curriculum development, integrating arts and relevant features of the Italian contemporary culture in the Italian. He has deliberately been involved in these important aspects of education because they play a pivotal role in the growing of the Italian program at his school.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16c58c2\" data-id=\"16c58c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a5623e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a5623e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f91eff2\" data-id=\"f91eff2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2752674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2752674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CRISTINA MODICA<br><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cad9f42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cad9f42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"405\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cristina-modica.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9532\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cristina-modica.jpg 405w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cristina-modica-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cristina-modica-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cristina-modica-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cristina-modica-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1717c7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1717c7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>Cristina Modica teaches Italian 1, 3, 4, and 4 Accelerated, the equivalent of an honors class at Main South High School District 207 in Park Ridge.<\/i><\/b> As a Chicagoland native,\u00a0 she grew up deeply involved in the Italian American community&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a04b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"61a04b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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In Spring 2017, he was awarded one of four Fulbright Awards for the Foundation of the South to conduct research and teach at the University of Calabria, Arcavacata. He is currently working on two authored, book-length projects, one exploring the Italian American gay author Robert Ferro who died of AIDS complications in 1988 and the second on the Algerian Italian author Amara Lakhous.\u00a0<\/p><p>He is currently the President of the American Association of Teachers of Italian, President of Gamma Kappa Alpha, the Italian National Honors Society, and founding editor of Diasporic Italy: The Journal of the Italian American Studies Association.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e02bad7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e02bad7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-faa315b\" data-id=\"faa315b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac024d0 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ac024d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.italianlanguagefoundation.org\/2020-teacher-award-recipients\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">List of 2020 Recipients<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD INNOVATION IN TEACHING MARIA ENRICO Maria Enrico is Professor and was Chair of the Modern Languages Department at Borough of Manhattan Community College\/CUNY in New York&#8230; READ&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/2021-teacher-recognition-awards\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read More\" >Read More <i class=\"fa fa-chevron-circle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9425"}],"version-history":[{"count":155,"href":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13875,"href":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9425\/revisions\/13875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}