Lucrezia Lindia

Società Onoraria Italica

E-mail: societaonorariait@gmail.com

Biography:

Lucrezia G. Lindia, former Language Teacher and Department Chair at Eastchester Union Free School District for 31 years, is currently an Adjunct Professor of Italian and a Foreign Language Liaison of Early College Education High School Partnerships at SUNY-Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY. 

She served as President of the ITA-AATI for close to 20 years where she initiated an Annual ITA essay contest, the ITA Carnevale Celebration in February; she edited the ITA monthly newsletter, and she fostered collaborations with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian Consulate in New York. For 18 years, she has been a Consultant to the New York State Education Department for the Italian Regents and the Proficiency Exams. She has contributed to the AATI National Italian Examination, the New York State Learning Standards for Languages Other Than English and the ACTFL’sStandards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century. Professor Lindia served on a committee with the Italian Consulate in NYC initiating the AP Exam. In addition, she was a member of the Committee that composed the AP Vertical Team Guide in World Languages, published by the College Board; She was also hired by the College Board to write the AP Italian CPPG #2, and served on the College Board’s Italian AP Committee as a reader and on the SAT II Test Development Committee, chairing it the last two years. Lucrezia is the author of Edmondo DeAmici’s Cuore Tre racconti, Ed. Soleil; Cultura Italiana di regione in regione, Edizioni Farinelli; Co-author of Italian for CommunicationTextbook and Workbook, Curriculum Press; Cinque film italiani, Ed. Soleil; La donna arbëreshe ieri, oggi, domani…tra sacro e profano, Edizioni Il Coscile.

Among other initiatives, Lucrezia served as President of the Westchester Association of Foreign Language Educators, an affiliate of the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NYSAFLT). She was also elected to serve as regional representative of NYSAFLT and regional representative for AATI for a few terms. She is the President of the National Italian Honor Society/Società Onoraria Italica, Board Member of the Italian American Committee of Education (IACE) and Board Member of the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of NY (IHCC-NY, Inc.); Westchester Coalition of Italian American Organizations, and Trustee of the SOI, Garibaldi Lodge. Over the years, she gave more than 200 workshops at the local, state, national and international levels, and continues to offer her professional expertise to colleagues representing secondary schools and colleges.

Ryan Calabretta-Sajder

Ryan Calabretta-Sajder

Director of Communication