Mario Persano was born in Bari in 1953, was ordained Priest of the Secular in 1978, currently is pastor of the parish B.V. the Holy Rosary in San Nicola in Bari Carbonara.
With considerable experience in teaching, especially in religious, historical, philosophical and pedagogical subjects he teaches in various schools and universities.
Since 1999, he assisted in the realization of seminars on adolescent distress and educational dynamics applied to the school, the family and the growth of adolescents.
From that date onwards he realize annually courses in order to support the study and summer holidays for children at risk assigned by the Municipality of Bari and the Juvenile Court.