Junior Vincenza Garofalo Captures Italian Video Contest

Vincenza Garofalo is one of Huntington High School’s finest students. The junior is excelling in her study of the Italian language. She recently won an Italian video contest and her teacher couldn’t be prouder of the teenager.

“Vincenza is a motivated and stellar young lady who created a summer recap video in Italian,” Huntington Italian teacher Natalia Kopshti. The video was submitted to the American Association of Teachers of Italian contest and won “Il video piu imprevedibile” or “The most unexpected.”

Ms. Garofalo wrote about her experience in Italian class. “I chose to take Italian because of my Italian heritage and I wanted to be able to communicate with my family better,” she said. “A positive experience I’ve had in Italian is when we play ‘il professore,’ or when we play Jeopardy. After this class, I’m looking forward to being able to communicate with my dad in Italian and my family that lives in Italy. From being in the Italian program for five years, I am able to communicate and understand what my family is saying more and I am able to have more in depth conversations with them.”

The junior is a highly regarded by both teachers and her classmates. She played on the Blue Devil varsity tennis team this fall.

To view the award winning video click on this link: https://youtube.com/shorts/6k5Tp04FXyc?feature=share