I was honored to do an interview with COMITES NY podcast hosted by the incredible long time friend and colleague Ornella Fado. It was such a rewarding and inspiring experience! Ornella’s energy, professionalism, and deep connection to our shared Italian heritage made the conversation flow effortlessly. We discussed the mission and important initiatives of the New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission, shining a spotlight on how we can preserve and promote Italian culture, traditions, and values for future generations. Ornella’s passion for storytelling and her dedication to highlighting the contributions of Italians and Italian Americans resonated deeply with me. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to share my work and connect with such an amazing audience. Thank you to Ornella and the COMITES NY team for creating such a meaningful platform for these conversations!" Grazie!
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Showing posts with label Italian American Girl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian American Girl. Show all posts
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Friday, January 10, 2025
Italian American Podcast Episode. 351: From Filmmaking to Blogging, Margaret Fontana does it all!
I had the incredible honor of joining the Italian American Podcast at the renowned Red Sauce Studio, nestled in the heart of Little Italy, New York. As a guest on the podcast, I had the opportunity to share a mission that is deeply close to my heart: the vital work of the New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission (NJIHC). As Executive Director, I see firsthand how preserving, promoting, and educating others about our Italian American history strengthens our community and ensures that our legacy continues for future generations. It was also amazing to hear about the impact this blog Italian American Girl made for so many people. Let me know what you think.
During my conversation with hosts john Viola and Patrick O'Boyle, I discussed the Commission's initiatives, which include creating educational programs, partnering with schools, and hosting cultural events to honor the contributions of Italian Americans throughout New Jersey and beyond. I also highlighted our efforts to empower young people to explore their heritage while embracing their role as bridge-builders between tradition and the modern world. I look forward to continuing this conversation with our community and if you would like to send me an email or if you have feedback please don't hesitate to reach out. Grazie.
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Check out my interview with the Italian Roots and Genealogy Podcast: A Nostalgic Look into Italian Heritage and the American Dream
It was an honor to speak to Bob Sorrentino of the Italian Roots and Genealogy podcast show. We had a great conversation all about being Italian American and how each generation of Italian Americans have their own unique stories to tell. Grazie Bob!
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Happy Anniversary 15 years of Italian American Girl!
Living in the USA and living the American dream is a challenge, the economic climate for most people is difficult, and if you don't speak the language even harder and you are treated badly, in my opinion. America is about a dream, its about working hard. If my father didn't come here and work as hard as he did, I would not have or do any of the things I've experienced or are able to have and enjoy. I thank my father for everything he's done for me and my entire family. Thank you for continuing to support my blog, my brand, my experiences; without you and our community we can't thrive. Grazie a tutti. xoxo
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Sunday, August 13, 2023
Summer Italian Tomato Salad
First tomato salad from the garden.
I added a chopped zucchini, tomatoes, red onion, basil, olive oil and a pinch of salt. Delicious and healthy.Thursday, August 10, 2023
A Trip Down Memory Lane - The Italian American Girl Story
A little trip down memory lane and retelling the story of why @italianamericangirl is a brand. I started the Italian American Girl blog back in 2008 when social media just came out and blogging was the trend then along with the new sites Twitter and Youtube. I was searching for a way to stay connected to my first generation Italian American friends and acquaintances so we could share stories of upbringing, family and culture.
Here we are over 14 years later and now the Italian American community has grown online so much due to platforms like Instagram and Facebook. Also, no one was calling us influencers, myself and few others on here who I am still very close with know who we are and were just being authentic and enjoying the connections. The moral of the story is: it wasn’t about numbers, or influence but about connecting and bringing awareness to our culture, upbringing and values. Leave a ♥️ if you agree. What's your Italian American story?
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Ciao. Xoxo ~Margaret
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Interview with On Air Expert & Entrepreneur Dawn Del Russo
NEW! Margaret Fontana Media presents: Interview with Dawn Del Russo; On Air Expert and Entrepreneur
Dawn Del Russo is an author and on-air TV style expert seen on Access Hollywood Live, Meredith Vieira, Extra TV, E News!, Glamour Mag Show Dress To Kill and in print Vogue Italia, InStyle, Cosmo, Real Simple, Life & Style and US Weekly. She is NY’s 95.5 PLJ resident “What to Wear Weather” girl in the mornings.
Dawn is a social media sweetheart and can be found chatting about fashion, beauty, food and lifestyle her Youtube channel,Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook.
Monday, February 10, 2020
Friday, November 1, 2019
Italian Curly Hair - The Process
Many of you sent comments and emails about being of a diverse background and having curly hair, and how to deal with it, so I said I would start sharing more of my insight on this topic. Managing and styling curly hair is very unique and does require some patience. I grew up feeling very sad a times because I didn't identify with other girls when I was the only one with curly hair and couldn't really relate to how they blew out their hair straight or wore it a certain cute ways. Girls can make you feel bad at times. Looking back as kids we were (are) so fragile and now I think back and say wow, my hair is actually powerful now, so this also something that may be beneficial to children who maybe don't always look like someone or may have different characteristics. Education and empowerment are key.
Funny how the world works. So, in order to find myself and get to a point of being happy about my hair I had to learn how to do my hair. Now, I was lucky because my sister grew up and ended up owning her own salon and becoming one of the best stylists out there. So, as she got great, she used my hair as her experimental space. By the time I got to college, I had grown out my hair, I was definitely coloring it and learned that cutting it shorter only made it swell. The way you see my hair above is basically how I've worn it the last 25 years. I will share more on how to style and maintain curly hair, I've been talking about doing a video. Stay tuned. Tweet
Simple Broccoli 🥦 Rabe - Italian American Recipes
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Sunday, September 2, 2018
Anniversary Post Part 1- Celebrating Most Popular Italian American Girl Blogs
To celebrate some of the throwbacks of the Italian American Blog, I'm highlighting the top blog posts of all time.. it's interesting what topics resonate with so many. Thank you everyone for the support and love over the years. We'll be posting an anniversary special feature... perhaps even some LIVE guest posts on Instagram, and Facebook. Stay tuned.
If you have a product, press or content you would like considered to be featured on my site, please send me a pitch at margaret@italianamericangirl.com
Here are the TOP posts of all time on the Italian American Girl site- Enjoy and thank you!
I'm Italian and Yes, I Have Curly Hair.
Italian American Girl Recipe - Eggplant Polpettone - Meatless Version
Monday, June 16, 2014
Monday, September 23, 2013
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Italian American Girl Goes To Rider University - All about Media & Writing
It's been almost 4 years since I launched the Italian American Girl site and since then amazing things have come from this labor of love. I've been asked to participate in national commercials, been invited to celebrity events, asked to guest write for other amazing influential websites and most importantly guest speak at my Alma mater, Rider University. Of all the events, this is one of my most favorite things to do. To share what I know about something I love so much, which is producing, writing, social media and mainstream media. Not to mention, I love my college and any opportunity to go back and actually teach, a serious dream come true. I connected with Professor Kathy Magrino (a fellow Italian American Girl ) on social media one day when she posted an interactive question on Twitter for her class at Rider; it caught my attention and I wrote her back saying 'whatever I learned at Rider, has been applied to my real life career in so many ways..tell your students to pay attention..it will all matter once you get a job in the work force...." She immediately responded back and so we began an interactive engaged conversation on Twitter where then Kathy invited me to come speak about the Italian American Girl site and my experiences with my career. The main focus of my talking points are to discuss the real elements that go into producing this site. Writing is extremely important and you really have to be in the mood to write from experience and make it compelling enough so your readers don't get turned off. What I think the students were most surprised about is that SPELLING AND GRAMMAR count. When I went to college ( oh God I sound old) we were just getting savvy with Spell Check, now if you publish something with a mistake, it's really your own fault.. of which I have made plenty of those, but reading your work out loud will always help and re-reading is also important.  |
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Sometimes when you are caught up in your career, the daily grind, and deadlines you sometimes forget the joys of what make you tick and for me it's the success of this site- the media elements. Being a guest speaker with such bright students who have such huge dreams recharges me and inspires me to want to do more with my own site and including my career.
An amazing experience, and I always look forward to sharing my knowledge with such wonderful students and a great professor! Thank you Rider University! Tweet
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