{"id":14493,"date":"2023-02-27T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.italianlanguagefoundation.org\/?p=14493"},"modified":"2023-03-10T14:39:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T19:39:23","slug":"speaking-italian-being-multicultural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/speaking-italian-being-multicultural\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking Italian &#038; Being Multi-Cultural"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14493\" class=\"elementor elementor-14493\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65926c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65926c4\" 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 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\"Italian is not only the language of my family heritage, <br>but also the language of my own identity.\"<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Gabriele Scussat<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">ILF Student & Honoree<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35d35c7 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400;\">Ciao! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My name is Gabriele and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I live in California where I am a sophomore in High School.\u00a0I am a second generation immigrant. My parents were born and raised in Milan, Italy.\u00a0I grew up speaking Italian at home with my family and therefore I am proud of being bilingual.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I regularly travel to Italy to see my Italian relatives and over time, thanks to my Italian, I was able to make friends with many teens of my age. Now Italian is not only the language of my family heritage, but also the language of my own identity, because I see myself as a multicultural person with a network of friends and interests that link the US to Italy. This opened up my mind to be passionate about social issues such as language accessibility and equal opportunities. That&#8217;s why I have been studying Spanish since junior high and I also took a class of French.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my community, I am involved both in school and outside in nonprofit associations that help teens to be heard and fulfill the best of their talents. 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