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Rachael Gwinn has had a love for both Italian and teaching since college.She graduated with majors in Linguistics and Italian, including a year of immersion at the Università di Padova. During graduate school she worked as a freelance translator, and began teaching Italian classes in 2019. Her teaching style focuses on the grammatical building blocks of the language, with an emphasis on why different constructions occur, when they're similar to English, and when they differ. When not teaching Italian or attending Italian club, Rachael spends her working hours as a Machine Learning Engineer and during her off hours she enjoys climbing, snowboarding, or knitting.
Zanny Merullo Steffgen grew up in an Italian-American family in western Massachusetts and started learning Italian as a kid when she spent time in Italy. She attended some high school in Rimini and volunteered in Napoli as a young adult, and travels to the bel paese when she can. Zanny works as a freelance travel journalist and lives in Fort Collins, where Italian Club is the highlight of her week. You can learn more about her at zannymerullosteffgen.com