I am an American. An 80-year-old American. Daughter and granddaughter of Italian immigrants.
My paternal grandmother was a wise but illiterate woman. She helped me understand that knowledge and wisdom are two different things.
My mother and my paternal grandparents came to America in search of freedom and opportunity. In their eagerness to assimilate, they found both. In only two generations, my family went from illiteracy to the doctorate. My father was the first college graduate in our family. I am the first Ph.D.
