When Stefano Pizzi and Josie Sposito brought their family from Fondi, Italy, to Beaverton, Michigan, their main goal was to give their children an American experience. What they found, however, was a second home, and a community who welcomed them with open arms.

Josie, who was born in Lansing, Michigan, spent a month each summer in Michigan, although her family had moved to Italy, where her father was from, when she was just four years old. The experience, coupled with her college years in the States, made her bilingual and gave her a good understanding of American culture.

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