June 2023 – In many ways, the Italian language has helped shape who Carrie Malanga G’05 is today. Her journey started, quite literally, with a honeymoon to Italy over 30 years ago to meet the family of her husband, Gerard. 

“I spoke no Italian at the time, but his family embraced me with a love that needed no words,” she said during a speech at the Italian Honors Society ceremony. “On that trip, I dreamed of being able to speak Italian and I made a promise to myself to learn the language one day.”