A graduate of both the University of Scranton (BA, Italian and French; MA, History) and Regent University (MA, journalism), she has made it her mission to continue to preserve the history that her ancestors brought to the United States from Guardia Lombardi, Italy. She also possesses a Women in Leadership certificate and a Women in Entrepreneurship certificate from Cornell University and is a graduate of the Leadership Lackawanna Core Program.
Ms. Longo is presently the associate producer and chief administrative officer of The Italian American Podcast. An award-winning journalist, she is the former editor of The Villager newspaper (Moscow, PA) and The Abington Suburban (Clarks Summit, PA), as well as a former correspondent for Go Lackawanna (Scranton, PA). She is also the former director of marketing and communications of The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce.
A dual citizen of the United States and Italy, Ms. Longo has spoken both regionally and nationally on the subject of Italian immigration to the United States, including at the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum (Scranton, PA), the Lackawanna Historical Society (Scranton, PA), the Dunmore Historical Society (Dunmore, PA), the Forest City Historical Society (Forest City, PA), I AM Books (Boston, MA), the IDEA Boston festival (Cambridge, MA) and the History of Italian Immigration Museum (Philadelphia, PA). She has also been a panelist on Italian American culture for Pennsylvania’s Mining Heritage Month. Her works are also part of the Biblioteca del Senato “Giovanni Spaldini” in Rome, Italy. She currently resides in Dunmore, PA.
Hi Stephanie. I would love to speak with you. My family (both sides) from Guardia Lombardi as well. I have family in the Scranton area still today. My grandfather and great grandfathers came to PA to work in the coal mines GGF (1897ish) and GF (1921). GGFs worked then returned to Italy. GF eventually made his way and settled in NY. My NY family has kept in touch with our Scranton family….I am tracing my family tree right now. I’m at the point of needing to look at records in Guardia (back to late 1700s). I would love to talk to you. Perhaps our families connect. By the way, shouldn’t your name be spelt “Luongo”? I have Luongo on my side. When can we speak?
Thank you! Blessings to you and good health in these tough times!
Brianna I posted you comment, but you should be able to find all Stephanies info on the link on the blog post
I have Luongo family from Santa Paolina as well as Iandoli. My family is Iannuario. I have family still living there. Avellino blood runs thru our veins.
Hi Stephanie, thank you for your prompt response! I have Luongo in my family tree from Guardia Lombardi. I don’t know if it connects with yours, but I am happy to explore that….I am trying to solve some mysteries and connect my Scranton, PA relatives into my family tree. I hope you can help! Mystery #1: My GGF Ferdinando Damiano came to Scranton from Italy in 1902. On the ship log he says he was visiting his brother-in-law, last name DiPietro in Scranton. Never knew of existence of this family name there on our side. My family now shows his sister Concetta Damiano was married to a Giuseppe DiPietro (born in 1860s). Ship logs don’t give me definitive info of him traveling over. Perhaps he came to work for a short term then returned back to Italy. Could you check this out for me? Do you know of DiPietros in this area?
Please let me know. I can give more info of other family connections there if useful.