Background
Finelli, Carmela Emilia was born on November 11, 1918 in Roseto, Pennsylvania, United States.
Finelli, Carmela Emilia was born on November 11, 1918 in Roseto, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bachelor, Ursinus College, 1940; Master of Education, Lehigh University, 1954; Master of Arts in Spanish, Middlebury College, 1970.
Teacher, Roseto Public School, 1941; teacher, Pocono Township H.S., Tannersville, Pennsylvania, 1941-1944; teacher, East Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania) H.S., 1944-1947; teacher, Soudertown (Pennsylvania) H.S., 1947-1953; teacher, Bangor (Pennsylvania) H.S., 1953-1954; teacher, Allentown (Pennsylvania) H.S., 1954-1960; teacher, Abington (Pennsylvania) H.S., 1961-1974; teacher, Crossroads Christian Academy, Clinton, New Jersey, 1976-1981. Teacher Ellis Country School for Girls, Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania, summer 1949, Lafayette College, 1980-1981. Head department East Stroudsburg-Allentown Schools.
Member Education First, Bangor area, 1994-1995. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association.
Daughter of Stephen D. and M. Josephine (D'Ambrosio) F. Widowed; children: Carmela, Ida, Leonard (deceased), Evelyn, Daniel, Dorothy.