Monica E. Lapenta

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About Me

What I believe

My Community Work

My Community Work

  • children are the greatest gift of humankind.
  • we all have a responsibility to stand up for injustices, big and small
  • hard work pays off
  • storytelling is therapeutic.
  • friendship or "friendsmily" how I refer to mine, is the most precious thing.
  • writing and talking about my work with children is, together with my son, the greatest gift I could have ever wished for.
  • Opera is pure magic


My Community Work

My Community Work

My Community Work

If someone would have told me that one day I would start a non-profit and work for understanding and defeating hunger as a disease of this industrialized world I live in, this southern Italian strong-will lady, would have laughed louder! Instead, here I am.

If with my work and dedication, I can inspire just one child, my life would have had meaning.


In the works

My Community Work

In the works

My first cooking book, finishing up my first full opera, a book on Glass Master Gianni Toso, and a surprise to celebrate one of the great soprano in history!

in the news

OSI Community Fellowship

OSI Community Fellowship

OSI Community Fellowship

Monica Lapenta wears many hats. A native of Italy, now dedicated Baltimorean, she is executive director of the Italian Cultural Center of Maryland, an award-winning children’s book author, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, an activist, a mom, and a passionate, self-taught chef. Lapenta is also the founder of the Be a Chef for a Day Program...

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#EveryStoryCounts

OSI Community Fellowship

OSI Community Fellowship

BACFAD (Be a Chef for a Day) is a healthy eating program that teaches all people of all ages to cook healthy meals and create a food budget; our students learn cooking skills while absorbing valuable information about diet and nutrition ....

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WMAR

OSI Community Fellowship

WYPR - ON THE RECORD

Baltimore organizations are continuing to support families in need during the pandemic as food insecurity grows in the city because of the virus....

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WYPR - ON THE RECORD

GBC - 46TH ANNUAL MAYOR’S BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WINNERS

WYPR - ON THE RECORD

Monica Lapenta’s project makes elementary and middle school students a chef for a day. It requires more than following recipes and wearing a tall white hat!

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GBC - 46TH ANNUAL MAYOR’S BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WINNERS

GBC - 46TH ANNUAL MAYOR’S BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WINNERS

GBC - 46TH ANNUAL MAYOR’S BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WINNERS

The 46th Annual Mayor’s Business Achievement Award winners were honored in a livestream ceremony on December 11, 2020.

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CORRIERE.IT - 'A Livella

GBC - 46TH ANNUAL MAYOR’S BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WINNERS

GBC - 46TH ANNUAL MAYOR’S BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WINNERS

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WMAR - Baltimore #STRONGER2GETHER

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