Biancamaria Frabotta of Rome La Sapienza, where she got her Laurea degree. Frabotta was born in Rome, in the same month of the proclamation of democracy in Italy. As a child, she grew up in the capital, with frequent sojourns in the port-city of Civitavecchia which will later appear in her poetry. After graduating at the Liceo Classico, she started studying Literature at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Her Laurea dissertation is dedicated to the writings of Carlo Cattaneo and won the Carlo Cattaneo prize of the Fondazione Ticino Nostro in Switzerland. In Rome, Frabotta also studied modern poetry (especially Eugenio
University of La Salette for higher education, La Salette of Santiago moved up to College level with the assistance of the Maryknoll Sisters. In 1957, Rev. Fr. Jose R. Nacu, M.S., the first Filipino Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, ordained priest in Fall River, Massachusetts, became the first Filipino Rector of La Salette of Santiago College. Eventually, in 1998, La Salette of Santiago was raised to a University level under the leadership of Rev. Fr. Romeo Gonzales, M.S., Ph.D. Known for its charism Reconciliation ("Reconciliare"), the main complex of the University of La Salette is located in Santiago City, with extension campus