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Mariangela Bonasera and Maria Barbanente are admired, veteran Italian language instructors who, as co-presidents of the Midwest Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Italian, help facilitate fellowship among their peers. It’s especially important for Italian teachers to have a community like AATI to turn to because there may be only one Italian teacher in a school and even an entire district, according to Barbanente. Barbanente, who is in her 12th year at Highland Park High School, is teaching every Italian class at her school as well as one Spanish class this school year. Bonasera, who is teaching around …