Frank Di Piero was born in Chicago and is 100% Italian origin. He has traveled to Italy many times and attended two study abroad programs in Italy, one in Roma and one in Firenze. He is the former President of The Harlem Avenue Italian & American Business Association and was on the committee to start an Italian American Studies Program at Loyola University Chicago. He is a volunteer at the Italian Cultural Center. He is a member of the Italian Catholic Federation Chicago Branch 392, the Societa’ San Francesco di Paola and Cegliesi Italo-American Association. He has been a proud and active supporter of The Balbo Monument and the Columbus holiday and statue. He has organized and sponsored a seminar on Italian aviation and a cultural dance for young Italian Americans as well as Italian language classes for the youth and Italian Community Masses at OLMC (Melrose Park, IL). He has lived his entire life around the North Harlem Avenue area. He has been married for more than 33 years to his wife Ivana (who was born in Calabria, Italy) and together they have 2 children.Listen to Frankie D. being interviewed on The Italian American Podcast (01/25/2023): Click Here
Watch Frankie D. being interviewed on The Italian Genealogy Podcast (02/23/2023): Click Here
Watch Frankie D. being interviewed on A Conversation with John Conenna (04/18/2023): Click Here
Watch Frankie D. being interviewed on XR Realty Podcast (05/08/2023): Click Here
Listen to Frankie D. being interviewed on Italian Impact Weekly – Episode 28 (08/24/2023): Click Here
Watch Frankie D., Moderator of Italian Panel Discussion @ Triton College (10/24/2023): Click Here
Read more about Frankie D. in the feature that appeared in Fra Noi magazine:
Harlem Avenue Activist Frankie DiPiero
Read about Frankie D.’s honor from the Flowers of Italy Club in We The Italians: Click Here To Read More
To contact Frankie D., please email frankdp4@yahoo.com