Anna Maria Jaker, curriculum director of the youth language school, instructor of beginner/intermediate A: 3-6 years, bilingual/advanced A: 3-6 years, beginner/intermediate D: 14-18 years, coordinator of the ora delle fiabe and mother of two grown bilingual children, holds a medical degree from the Universita' degli Studi di Bologna and has completed coursework towards a second degree in elementary education with a pre-primary specialty at the College of Saint Catherine in St. Paul.

Shirin Ishu Bayati, instructor of the beginner/intermediate B: 6-9 years, bilingual/advanced B: 6-9 years and bilingual/advanced D: 14-18 years, is a recently transplanted Venetian native with extensive experience teaching both children and adults.

Carmela Parisi, instructor of the beginner/intermediate C: 9-13 years and bilingual/advanced C: 9-13 years and mother of four children, was born and raised in Rome and holds a degree in Archaeology from the University of Rome "La sapienza." She taught Latin and Greek in Italy for several years before moving to the US. In the United States she has taught Italian at George Washington University and was a full-time instructor at the Foreign Service Institute, the School of Language of the Department of State.