Salvatore A Diciccio

Councilman Sal DiCiccio represents District 6 on the Phoenix City Council. This is his third term with the City, having previously served in the 90’s and then rejoining the Council in 2009. Born in Youngstown, Ohio on January 26, 1958 to Paul and Nicolina DiCiccio, both Italian immigrants, he is the oldest of three boys. DiCiccio’s parents moved to the United States in the late 50s to join family and pursue the American Dream. Armed with a sixth grade education, DiCiccio’s father worked as a laborer and his mother as a seamstress as they raised their boys in an Italian area surrounded by family and friends. In 1962, DiCiccio’s family relocated to Phoenix where his father had only one cousin. DiCiccio recalls that he found himself surrounded by people speaking a foreign language – he later learned that language was English. DiCiccio attended high school at Tempe High, where former Congressman Harry Mitchell taught government. DiCiccio credits Mitchell for his interest in politics and government. After high school, DiCiccio worked multiple jobs to pay his way through Arizona State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Business. One of DiCiccio’s first jobs after college was working in the office of Senator John McCain. DiCiccio is married to Debbie DiCiccio and has twin daughters, Anna and Emilia.