Instead of taking a summer swim in the nearby Adriatic beaches, Carlos, Federico, and Francisco Valldejuly ʼ29 spent six weeks of their summer on a pedagogy deep-dive. The identical triplets from Puerto Rico enrolled in Pre-Texts and used The Harvard College Summer Funding Opportunities Office to facilitate workshops at the Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti – Pescara. The Valldejuly siblings along with Micaela Arenas were interns under the guidance of Professors Valeria Pica and Professor Pierluigi Sacco in a collaborative, accepting environment that pushed them out of their comfort zone. The program featured intellectual group discussions and artistic interpretations of challenging texts through the genres of poems, plays, and more. Though the triplets speak Italian, they were often challenged with navigating discussions with participants who spoke little English, and engaging with texts entirely in Italian. Read full article
