Mario D'Arrigo is an attorney, a
family man and the embodiment of the American Dream. He and his family came to
America when he was a young boy following the end of the Second World War. Mario Spent the first 10 years of his life in
rural Sicily where his parents endured a passing War and struggled hard to put
food on the table, and to earn the money, find the means and make the journey
to America with Mario and his three young brothers. He came of age in America
and through happenstance, serendipity and perseverance, Mario forged a path
toward fulfilling his family’s dream of being the first in his family to be
college educated. He earned a degree in and worked as an engineer with a large
corporation before going on to law school and establishing his own legal
practice in upstate New York where he has spent most of his adult life. Mario
enjoys working with his hands, spending time outdoors, going out to dinner with
friends, and spending time with his wife Elena, his children and his grandchildren.
Having spent years writing technical legal briefs, he has turned his hand to
more creative writing by focusing on recounting his extraordinary experiences
in 1940's rural Sicily, experiences which helped to define and shape the person
that he has become.
