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Matthew Michael Francesconi Early Years

Matthew Michael Francesconi – Born July 22, 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Matthew, A.K.A. Matt Francesconi is  the son of Joseph J. Francesconi  and Linda S. Francesconi,  and  brother of Michael J. Francesconi, Joseph M. Francesconi, Monica L. Francesconi, Erik A. Francesconi and Gina C. Francesconi. At an early age, Matt was interested in Athletics and Television/Acting. As a young man, he excelled in Soccer, Wrestling, Track, Football and pretty much any sport that he played. While in secondary school, his team was the first Soccer team in the State of Pennsylvania to win the Soccer State Championship consecutively in 1988 and 1989. Matthew graduated in 1990 from Peters Township High School accumulating several awards for wrestling such as Junior Olympic Section 9 Champion as well as other wresting trophies and accolades, but mostly coveted 3 time WPIAL Championships, 2 Gold State Championship Medals and a bronze State Championship medal in Soccer. Matt also appeared in the Christmas play and a Megatrends show. Matthew was involved in the Soccer (4 yrs.), Wrestling (2 yrs.), Student Council (3 yrs.), Varsity Club (3 yrs.), Home Coming Committee (2 yrs.), and Prom Committee (2 yrs.) and Prom Court. Matthew was recruited by several Universities to play soccer. His decision was to play Soccer at the University of Pittsburgh, Main campus. After two years at Pitt, he then took a semester off of school to work and went back to the Community College of Allegheny County for a Semester. Directly following CCAC, he attended Slippery Rock University where, in August 1995, he graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree. His favorite subjects in college were Public Speaking and Anatomy and Physiology. At the age of 23, a few months after graduation, Matthew began working for Mercury Finance Company, as a collector. Within 9 months and several promotions, he was successfully running his own branch as Branch Manager in one of the Cleveland Ohio offices for Mercury Finance Company.

Business Owner

After a few years in finance, Matt was given an opportunity to broaden his financial knowledge and began work in the Mortgage Arena. While working in the mortgage field, Matthew met his wife Deborah Denise Burge thru work, and was married in June 1998. Matt inheirited a daughter, Nicole Susan Guida, born January 1990, thru marriage to Deborah. Matthew and Deborah had two children together, Matthew Arthur Francesconi in November 1999 and Samantha Ryan Francesconi in June 2006. In 2000, he opened up his own Mortgage Company call Tuscany Mortgage Corporation. The company flurished and was very successful thru the efforts of both Matthew and his wife Deborah. In 2007, the credit crisis began, where 95% of their business had ceased. This same year, Matt decided to wade out the crisis by refocusing his efforts into other fields of interest. He auditioned for a small part in a television pilot called “Atlanta Homicide”. To his surprise, was casted for a co-lead role as Detective Edward McNamara. He appeared in three episodes, attended the 2008 NAPTE convention in Las Vegas, NV., and was hurled in to the entertainment arena, seemingly overnight. In 2008 Mr. Francesconi was asked to make an apprearence the television show Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne” as an Attorney, as well as a Detective in the feature film “5 Days in the A”. In July 2009, Matthew and Deborah had collectively decided to close the Mortgage Company down after almost a decade of hard work and dedication.

Matthew is working in the financial field now as well as acting in several projects in Atlanta, Georgia.