Education and Personal Life
Ferriero grew up in Beverly, Massachusetts and graduated from Beverly High School.
He earned a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in English Literature from Northeastern University.
His education was interrupted by service in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He served as a Navy hospital corpsman assigned to a Marine unit in Danang, Vietnam, and on a hospital ship, the USS Sanctuary, in Vietnamese waters. After the war, Ferriero approached his studies differently. Ferriero believes that he was "much more focused at that point".
Following his military service, Ferriero earned an additional Master's Degree in Library and Information Science from Simmons College.
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