“My father has been the major influence in my life. My father taught me how to love languages because he spoke a modicum of language with every one of his customers. He had Cantonese launderers and restaurants, Greek restaurants, Hispanic restaurants. All the little monologues, soliloquies that he was giving to his customers always made them laugh. I memorized all these. My mother then, on the other hand, taught me to value cultures because she constantly had people of different cultures at our home.”
Steven Sacco’s Bio
Steven J. Sacco is Professor Emeritus of French & Italian in the Department of European Studies and Co-Director Emeritus of San Diego State’s Center for International Business and Research (CIBER). He is also President of Sacco Global Consulting which has served clients on five continents. Throughout his career, Steve has been a nontraditional academic who has collaborated across campus with colleagues in business and engineering and off-campus with businesses and business organizations. His goal was to partner with these constituent groups to prepare globally ready students and business practitioners. The 2025 Fulbright-Hays Project to Ivory Coast is his fifth Fulbright-Hays project. His previous projects include Ecuador (1993), Mexico (1997), Chile (2001) and Cameroon (2009). During his free time, Steve enjoys long-distance running and hiking.alf Marathon.
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