Federico was born in Rome, Italy, of Argentinian/Jewish parents. When he was five years old he immigrated to the states with his mother and step-father. Federico studied film at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and worked as a producer for PBS, producing a 52-episode Spanish language series. He played the lead role in "The Golden Boat", by Chilean writer/director Raul Ruiz. The film was shown at Sundance, New York, Toronto, and was distributed by Strand Releasing. He is the author of The Strategic Producer (Routledge Press), a book on independent filmmaking. Federico is fluent in English, Italian, Spanish, and French. He has lived in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, New York City, Los Angeles, and considers Cambridge his home. He is part Sephardic and part Ashkenazi. His work increasingly centers around multiculturalism, diversity, and inclusion.