Chantal Fidanza taught Italian in Cleveland's Little Italy for 11-1/2 years and continues her life-long love affair with the Italian language and a passion for helping students learn Italian in the easiest, most effective and fun way possible through her Let's Learn Italian! audio courses. The initial spark for her passion for Italian came from her beloved grandma, a native of Livorno, Italy, with whom Chantal continued to speak Italian until Nonna's passing in 2009 at 93. One of her biggest thrills is in sharing this beautiful language with others by sharing the tools and "shortcuts" she has learned throughout the years and continues to refine that make learning to speak Italian not just much easier and always a lot fun, but completely doable. She currently lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with her husband and her bilingual son, Maurizio.

Serena Zigoli who was born in Italy, and resides there with her husband and daughter, Viola, is the bright new voice that gives additional life to the real spoken language in recent Let's Learn Italian! albums. She has been "speaking" alongside Chantal for the past year, using her best authentic Italian pronunciation! Ironically, Serena's voice originates in none-other than the great city of Livorno, hometown to Chantal's famous "Nonna" who inspired this project. Chantal and Serena found each other by pure chance while consulting links about Livorno on Facebook, and have been working together ever since. Given that Serena's background is in Communication and Computer Science, she embraced the opportunity to share her skills and her passion for her language in this innovative way. Serena has been an avid fan of both all things U.S. and the great power of language, and has been lucky to combine them in her work.