I love this city. I know that we often get bad publicity in the press about gangs running wild in the harbor, trash in the streets, pollution in the water, and our murder rate. Having come to this country from Milan at age 10, I grew up in Little Italy and have embraced the culture and history of my Italian heritage. I extend this to other cultures and people around the city as I work for an international shipping company translating foreign legal documents. I want to thank all my teachers in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and professors at Loyola University for facilitating my learning. Football has been my fast-track to assimilating into my new country. I'm proud to be an Italian-American dual citizen. I love the Flag House and Fort McHenry for what they stand for-FREEDOM! This is the home of the brave and land of the free and I'm the bravest and freest of them all. God bless America and all it's armed forces for helping to keep us free.