Theresa Marafito

Theresa Marafito, daughter of Irish immigrant parents, was born in 1933 in New York City, blind in one eye with partial vision in the other. She was a precocious child, who wanted to appear "normal" to her peers and family, regardless of her disability. Her game, was to be independent, not dependent, and would rarely, ask for help. At nineteen, she graduated magna cum laude with two master's degrees. Theresa and her husband Jerry, who was also, visually...