"Who was 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 ́normaĺ 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 masteŕs degrees. Theresa and her husband...