Haydee Pelosi

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Location

Lutz, Florida, Pasco

Birthday

November 27

Title

Retired

Bio

Haydee Pelosi is my name. I am truly an international mix, born in Argentina of a German Pharmacist Mother and an Italian Mechanical Engineer Father. Mother and father had left Europe in the 1930’s seeking a world at peace. Buenos Aires, Argentina was considered the Paris of the western world. My early life was stable, loving and filled with culture. To avoid two revolutions in the late 1940’s my brother and I were sent to Europe for our education, first Innsbruck, Austria, then Rapallo, Italy. My childhood dream was to live in the Unites States, but it took a nightmare in order to make the dream come true. During one of the revolutions, my brother was injured during a bombing and we had to seek specialized treatment for his eyes in New York. Being the oldest in the family, a mature but idealistic 17, I had to assume the responsibility for my brother’s care. Unfortunately, my brother was permanently blind. My brother and I were able to survive in New York because we had learned to speak English as children. English was sort of a secret language that we could use in Argentina that few understood. Luckily, my Grandfather had encouraged my art since I was a very young child. Art was a positive in my life in New York. My brother and I lived in Greenwich Village, where now famous historic artists and authors were just people in the neighborhood. I painted the city scenes at the corner of McDougal and Bleecker Streets, famed for street artists. Art was an escape from the memories of revolution, my brother's blinding and missing my family. During my later life in New York, oil painting continued as a hobby, the work good enough that one ended up in the office of the President of Argentina and one in the collection of an American President. Eventually asthma brought my oil painting to an end. I earned a degree in Women’s Studies at University of Central Florida and am now finishing a Masters in Special Education at Nova Southeastern University. I have my certification in Special Education for the No-Child-Left-Behind program for less fortunate children. Because of the political pain of my crib I became very involved in this arena and I take seriously democracy and freedom.