Standing Tall: Teresa Dall’Acqua Leonardi’s Triumphs in the Face of Adversity
About this episode
Teresa Dall’Acqua Leonardi shares her inspiring life story and achievements as an Italian woman in Australia.
I'm delighted to introduce Teresa Dall’Acqua Leonardi OAM to our podcast series. Teresa shares her remarkable life journey, filled with both triumphs and challenges, including one of her proudest moments: receiving the Order of Australia Medal in 2009. This prestigious honour is a rare achievement for an Italian woman within the Italian-Australian community. Teresa’s story begins when she arrived in Australia as a young child, a refugee with her Italian parents, who fled Asmara in East Afric...
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