Today I am interviewing Julienne Lapastina, which is my grandmother. She is an eighty-two-year-old woman born on April 8, 1934 and was born in Staten Island, Ney York. This is where she grew up with her stay at home mom, full time working dad, and her nine siblings; six sisters and three brothers. Julienne recently lost her husband of 20 years, and has since been widowed for about two years now. They got married on October 1, 1955 and were together up until the day her husband Frank Lapastina passed away. Both of their parents were immigrants from Italy and both shared similar family values rooted strong in Italian heritage. After getting married in New York, they lived there for quite some time and ended up having three daughters all two
