Francesca

Francesca Cotroneo came to Winnipeg from Italy with her parents in 1962. She is a retired psychiatric social worker with a particular interest in cross-cultural counselling. Francesca currently cares for her mother; she helped care for her father before he died of cancer.

The Italian funeral

Francesca describes Italian traditions. (02:30)

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