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© 2008 Frederick W. Marrazzo
Frederick W. Marrazzo is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College
Park where he majored in East Asian Languages and Literature. He has
studied Chinese language and culture in both Beijing, China and Taipei,
Taiwan. He is in many ways a cultural observer.
After completing an MBA degree at the Thunderbird School of Global
Management in Glendale, Arizona, Fred came to the Bay Area in 1996 and
entered the technology industry as a recruiter. The severe economic
downturn that eventually hit Silicon Valley in 2001 came just as Fred was
trying to start his own recruiting practice. Opportunity comes in strange ways.
By 2003, Frederick had begun learning how to produce his own public access
television program. Some of the guests he had on his show included Ken
Karn, movie producer; Lawrence DiStasi, author and scholar on Italian and
Italian American culture, history and heritage; Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston,
prominent Japanese American author of “Farewell to Manzanar” and
“Firehorse Woman”; Firoozeh Dumas, Iranian American author of “Funny in
Farsi”; Fred L. Schodt, author of "Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese
Comics" in addition to several other books on Japanese culture and history;
and Francisco Jimenez, professor of modern languages and ethnic studies at
Santa Clara University and author of "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a
Migrant Child".
In 2006 he produced and directed a small documentary video called
“Forgotten Voices: Italian Americans in the Santa Clara Valley,” which
included interviews with local Italian Americans who spoke of their experience
and memories of growing up in the Santa Clara Valley. In 2007, Frederick
completed a book project on the local Italian community in the Santa Clara
Valley. The book was published by Arcadia Publishing, a leading publisher of
local and regional history books.
By studying other cultures, he has come to appreciate the richness and depth
of Italian culture, heritage and history. Frederick lives in the San Francisco
Bay Area with his wife Rika.
Park where he majored in East Asian Languages and Literature. He has
studied Chinese language and culture in both Beijing, China and Taipei,
Taiwan. He is in many ways a cultural observer.
After completing an MBA degree at the Thunderbird School of Global
Management in Glendale, Arizona, Fred came to the Bay Area in 1996 and
entered the technology industry as a recruiter. The severe economic
downturn that eventually hit Silicon Valley in 2001 came just as Fred was
trying to start his own recruiting practice. Opportunity comes in strange ways.
By 2003, Frederick had begun learning how to produce his own public access
television program. Some of the guests he had on his show included Ken
Karn, movie producer; Lawrence DiStasi, author and scholar on Italian and
Italian American culture, history and heritage; Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston,
prominent Japanese American author of “Farewell to Manzanar” and
“Firehorse Woman”; Firoozeh Dumas, Iranian American author of “Funny in
Farsi”; Fred L. Schodt, author of "Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese
Comics" in addition to several other books on Japanese culture and history;
and Francisco Jimenez, professor of modern languages and ethnic studies at
Santa Clara University and author of "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a
Migrant Child".
In 2006 he produced and directed a small documentary video called
“Forgotten Voices: Italian Americans in the Santa Clara Valley,” which
included interviews with local Italian Americans who spoke of their experience
and memories of growing up in the Santa Clara Valley. In 2007, Frederick
completed a book project on the local Italian community in the Santa Clara
Valley. The book was published by Arcadia Publishing, a leading publisher of
local and regional history books.
By studying other cultures, he has come to appreciate the richness and depth
of Italian culture, heritage and history. Frederick lives in the San Francisco
Bay Area with his wife Rika.
