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2009 Southern Arizona Language Fair Dedicated to Cele Peterson

Partnership Across Languages (PAL), in celebration of Cele Peterson’s 100th birthday, is pleased to honor this Tucson icon for her ardent and continuous support of world languages. Her love of different cultures inspired her to start K.I.N. (Kids’ International Neighborhood), an organization to help children build intercultural communication skills. Cele has been a long time advocate of the Language Fair. She was instrumental in having a promotional DVD of the Fair created for distribution to world language teachers and also helped promote the Fair on her weekly radio show “The Star of the Week.” Cele’s innovative spirit and uncompromised loyalty to the Tucson community have recently earned her an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.