Daniela Cavallero
Daniela earned her Italian Doctorate in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Pavia, Italy. She came to the U.S. in 1986 on a postdoctoral fellowship from Smith College, where she took classes in American Literature and served as a language assistant in the Italian Department.
Daniela has taught Italian at Northwestern University, Loyola University and the University of Chicago. She currently teaches Italian at DePaul University as a faculty member in the Modern Languages Department. She also holds a DITALS Certification from the University of Siena. In 1998, Daniela founded Sentieri Italiani where she shares her expertise and excitement for the Italian language with both colleagues and students.
Marco Lucarelli
Marco has taught Italian for more than 25 years, including 15 years at Sentieri Italiani. He holds an undergraduate degree in International Studies and Modern Languages from Knox College and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. His passion for the Italian language and culture, as well as his many years of classroom experience, translate into an effective, yet lighthearted and fun approach to learning the language of Dante.
Lindsay Eufusia
Lindsay teaches all levels of Italian language and culture, with 10 years of experience teaching in the diverse communities of Evanston, Chicago and New York. She received her bachelor’s in Italian from the University of California, Berkeley, and her master’s and PhD in Italian Studies from New York University. She has spent significant time in Italy, primarily in Rome, Florence and Venice. And — she has never met a gelato or pizza she didn’t like.
Patrizia Lissoni
Patrizia has been teaching Italian in the U.S. for the past 20 years. She has taught all levels of Italian at several colleges and institutions in California — among them the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, El Camino College, California State University Long Beach and Pepperdine University. In Italy, Patrizia studied at the Catholic University in Milan, where she received her degree in Special Education. In the U.S., she studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned her bachelor’s degree and master’s in Italian. She recently joined Sentieri, where she shares her passion for her native language and culture with her colleagues and students.
Maria Teresa Bonfatti Sabbioni
Maria Teresa is a native of Pianello Val Tidone (Piacenza), a small village in northern Italy. She has been living and working in Chicago as an Italian and Linguistics instructor for the past 16 years. She holds a master’s degree in Pedagogy of Italian as a second and foreign language from the University of Ca’ Foscari (Venezia), a master’s in Linguistics from Northeastern Illinois University and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, with a focus on bilingualism, second language acquisition and heritage language studies. Maria Teresa loves swimming and eating gelato while watching horror movies.
Anna Maria Fantuzzi
Anna Maria is from Ravenna, a beautiful historical city in Emilia Romagna. In Italy, she taught Italian and Latin in high schools for 12 years. Since moving to Chicago, she has been teaching Italian as a second language, including 16 years at DePaul University. She studied at the University of Bologna, earning degrees in Italian Literature and Philosophy. While teaching at DePaul, she completed a master’s degree in Curriculum Studies. Anna Maria’s interests include Italian language pedagogy and integrating intercultural competence into foreign language curricula. She is also one of the founders and an active supporter of SIEF, Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi, an Italian bilingual preschool in Chicago. Anna Maria now divides her time between Chicago and Italy, where she enjoys hiking and skiing.
