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Carolina Gengo Di Domenico teaches Italian language classes to children at the Yorktown Community Cultural Center. She developed a passion for teaching Italian from her strong Italian heritage. In her classes, she speaks only Italian and incorporates games, music, and dance to teach vocabulary and the alphabet in a fun, immersive way. Her teaching style engages the students and helps them learn the language despite being a young as preschool age. She finds teaching children most rewarding due to their ability to learn through arts-based activities.
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