San Diego's Italian Cultural Center will be holding a memorial service for its co-founder and Vice President, Graziella Spinelli at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, in Little Italy on Saturday, December 13th at 12 p.m. Following the funeral a reception will be hosted by Graziella's sister at the church hall.

Upon attempting to teach her native Italian language to San Diegians, in 1971, Professor Spinelli was told "I believe there's little to no interest, but let's give it a shot; if the students enroll, you have a class, if they don't, you don't." She didn't take that advice, instead co-founded and helped to make ICC what it is today.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano