Ed Pizzella is a lawyer, politician, consumer advocate, actor, director, producer, writer, and last but not least, a poet. A child of the Great Depression, Mr. Pizzella is the offspring of Italian immigrants. Born in the Italian ghetto of Hartford, Connecticut, he attended local public schools, where, by his heritage, he was driven to learn. Because he was born only a year after his mother arrived in this country, in his early years, he spoke only Italian. He soon mastered English and, in junior high school, was elected to the National Honor Society, won the school's oratorical contest, and was a graduation speaker and a recipient of the Civitan Award.
