She owns the Opus Properties, a real estate firm, in Totowa, New Jersey and 4 My Mom, a children's accessories line.
She was one of eleven children in a large Italian Catholic American family.
She is on the Board of Dina's foundation, Project Ladybug, and is affiliated with the Carolyn Gable Expect a Miracle Foundation which helps single mothers.
Sister and sister-in-law of Dina Manzo (Dina Laurita Manzo); sister of Cookie Laurita and Fran Laurita; and sister-in-law of Jacqueline Laurita and Thomas Manzo.