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Letters to Italy

Letters to Italy by Sara Marinelli is an eighth-part series about the impact of Covid-19 on Italian immigrants in the Bay Area. How did Italian expats feel when they received news of their country being the epicenter of the pandemic in the Western world, and how did it affect their distant relationship to home? At the intersection of personal memoir and documentary, each episode features conversations with an Italian expat to hear how the pandemic reshaped their life in the U.S., and how they tried to remain connected to Italy in a time of crisis and forced separation. Conversations bring up questions of belonging, resilience, community, and how to transform challenges into possibilities.

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Ep. 7 - Elisabetta Ghisini, Entrepreneur and President of COMITES SF

June 25, 2021 • Elisabetta Ghisini, Entrepreneur and President of COMITES SF • Season 1 • Episode 7

The seventh episode of "Letters to Italy" by Sara Marinelli features Elisabetta Ghisini, Entrepreneur and President of COMITES SF.

A long time resident of the Bay Area and a very active member in the Italian community, Elisabetta shares how after the first initial moments of crisis due to the shock of the pandemic devastating her native Italian region of Lombardy, she was then able to turn this time of upheaval in opportunities for personal growth, for new professional adventures, and for a re-assessment of COMITES' priorities and projects that would sustain the Italian community during the Covid-19 emergency.

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Episode notes

Producer/Editor: Sara Marinelli

Website for Sara Marinelli: www.saramarinelli.com

IG: @saramarinelli1

Website for COMITES: www.sfcomites.org

Website for Elisabetta Ghisini's company: www.continuumlab.ai

This series was made possible thanks to the support of COMITES of San Francisco and the Italian Consulate of San Francisco, with funding from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.