By Gabriella Mileti

It's safe to say, I cannot escape my Italianità. I speak the language, I cook the food, I sip espresso from a Bialetti Moka pot every morning, I read books about Italian history, I vacation in Italy, I watch Rai Italia, I only drink Italian wine, all my leather goods are Made in Italy, I drive a Fiat 500, I work at NIAF, and the list goes on and on.

So, growing up in an Italian household in Cleveland, Ohio with a mother from the province of Reggio Calabria, and an Italian American father of Sicilian, Abruzzese, Veneto descent, I spent every summer of my childhood (and adulthood) in Italy, visiting family. It was the one time of the year my family and I got to spend quality time together with our Italian cugini, and zii.

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