Gina Patacca received a BA in Italian, in 1992 graduating Summa Cum Laude and a MA in Italian in 1994, both from the Ohio State University. At OSU, she taught undergraduate Italian from 1992 to 2000 and in 2001, she began teaching night courses to adults through OSU's Office of Continuing Education. Gina was assistant editor of the periodical Italica, the professional journal of the American Association of Teachers of Italian, from 1995 to 2003. She also does editing/proof-reading, translating and interpreting on a free-lance basis.