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Name	Bio
Christina Prejean	Born and raised in San Diego, California, Christina Prejean is a lawyer, licensed in California and Florida. Also a military veteran, Christina served 6 years in the U.S. Air Force and spent a year deployed to Afghanistan. She was stationed at Mt. Home Air Force Base in Idaho and after serving in the U.S. Air Force, she obtained her JD from the University of San Diego School of Law. Christina also holds a BA in Political Science and Spanish from Westmont College and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. Christina speaks Italian and Spanish and has lived in Ecuador, Italy, Spain, Afghanistan and Argentina and has explored 47 countries. Christina is the co-founder of BecomeItaliani and is a citizen of both the U.S. and Italy. She has mastered the complicated process of obtaining Italian dual citizenship, both for those applying in the U.S. and Italy. Her Italian ancestors (her maternal great grandparents) hail from Poggiomarino, Naples, and emigrated to Buffalo, New York in the early 1900s. She obtained her Italian citizenship recognition via jure sanguinis while living in a small town in Umbria, Italy. While researching her Italian ancestry in Italy, she found and reconnected with ther Italian family and has cherished their connection ever since. Christina is also the proud dog mamma to Bella, who has her own Pet Passport and has traveled to 17 countries. Website: www.becomeitaliani.com
Anthony Calvanese	Coming from just north of Atlanta, Georgia, Anthony is a licensed Professional Engineer and holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology. After working in the engineering industry for a decade, he decided to take a break and pursue his passion for travel and have a different experience. He spent a gap year in Italy, where he got his Italian citizenship recognized and fell in love with the country's rich culture and history. He traveled to all 20 Italian regions and plans to continue exploring and digging deeper. In addition to co-founding BecomeItaliani, Anthony also runs QuasItaliano.com, where he provides Italy travel recommendations, and writes about his experiences and insights into Italian life and travel. Anthony now splits his time between Atlanta and Italy (and anywhere he happens to find a flight deal to).

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Bio

Christina Prejean

Born and raised in San Diego, California, Christina Prejean is a lawyer, licensed in California and Florida. Also a military veteran, Christina served 6 years in the U.S. Air Force and spent a year deployed to Afghanistan. She was stationed at Mt. Home Air Force Base in Idaho and after serving in the U.S. Air Force, she obtained her JD from the University of San Diego School of Law. Christina also holds a BA in Political Science and Spanish from Westmont College and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. Christina speaks Italian and Spanish and has lived in Ecuador, Italy, Spain, Afghanistan and Argentina and has explored 47 countries.

Christina is the co-founder of BecomeItaliani and is a citizen of both the U.S. and Italy. She has mastered the complicated process of obtaining Italian dual citizenship, both for those applying in the U.S. and Italy. Her Italian ancestors (her maternal great grandparents) hail from Poggiomarino, Naples, and emigrated to Buffalo, New York in the early 1900s. She obtained her Italian citizenship recognition via jure sanguinis while living in a small town in Umbria, Italy. While researching her Italian ancestry in Italy, she found and reconnected with ther Italian family and has cherished their connection ever since.

Christina is also the proud dog mamma to Bella, who has her own Pet Passport and has traveled to 17 countries.

Website: www.becomeitaliani.com

Anthony Calvanese

Coming from just north of Atlanta, Georgia, Anthony is a licensed Professional Engineer and holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology. After working in the engineering industry for a decade, he decided to take a break and pursue his passion for travel and have a different experience. He spent a gap year in Italy, where he got his Italian citizenship recognized and fell in love with the country's rich culture and history. He traveled to all 20 Italian regions and plans to continue exploring and digging deeper.

In addition to co-founding BecomeItaliani, Anthony also runs QuasItaliano.com, where he provides Italy travel recommendations, and writes about his experiences and insights into Italian life and travel.

Anthony now splits his time between Atlanta and Italy (and anywhere he happens to find a flight deal to).

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