I am an Italian Immigrant. I emigrated in 1955 from Piandelagotti, a small Apennine town in the province of Modena. My family settled in Highwood, Illinois, twenty-eight miles north of Chicago. I was awarded the Evans Scholarship, a fully paid four-year scholarship to Marquette University. I’ve recently retired from an executive position for Vaya Group, a behavioral assessment and development consultancy. I still live in Highwood. I have three children and six grandchildren.