Angelo Bolotta emigrated from Italy to Canada, in 1955. He became a career educator, curriculum leader, administrator, university instructor, and lead author of successful school textbooks for Canadian history, civics, and economics. Angelo is also quite active in the Italian-Canadian community. Since 2013, he has collected stories chronicling the experiences and accomplishments of Italian immigrants across Canada.

Over the years Dr. Gina Valle has lent her time and expertise to Villa Charities, Italian Canadians as Enemy Aliens, The Association of Italian Canadian Writers and TLN's Invisible Voices. She was a Goggia Fellow at The Iacobucci Centre, is Editor of Echoes of Growing up Italian, and the recipient of the Ordine al Merito.