She was born in Boston's North End on Fleet Street. Her mother was born in Airola, Benevento, her father's family and all of her uncles were born in Chiusano di San Domenico, Avellino.She was the first woman of her generation to attend college and a graduate of Boston College earning a M.A. in Political Science/Constitutional Law and did post graduate work at Harvard University. She is fluent in Spanish and worked in Urban School Districts teaching newly arrived immigrants. Recently, she has been an adjunct faculty at North Shore Community College.She is a member of the North End Historical Society and a Parishioner at Saint Leonard's Church in the North End.Her first adult book, My North End Family Stories: La gioia e il dolore was published in 2023. She has also had her stories published in the North End Historical Society Newsletter and the Post Gazette/North End.