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Celeste A. Morello is well known to the history community in and around Philadelphia. With degrees in History from Chestnut Hill College and Villanova University, and another gradute degree in Sociology/Criminology from St. Joseph's University, Morello's work, especially in the Italian Market contributed to the neighborhood's public historical value. As the Italian Market's historian and resident of the area for the last 25 years, Morello's books and service to bring this neighborhood's history to others is unsurpassed.
Morello initiated the paperwork, found funding and wrote the 8 historical markers around the Italian Market. Her work with the Preservation Coalition, Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (on-going since 1993) and Friends, INHP in relation to the Italian Market was covered in the Associated Press, National Geographic Channel, Food & Wine, CNN, Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), US Education Network, The Learning Channel, Chef's Table with Jim Coleman, Philadelphia Magazine, Single's Magazine, numerous times with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and every television channel in Philadelphia.
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