Born in Tecuci,[3] Gorghiu completed secondary studies at Vlaicu Vodă National College in Curtea de Argeș in 1997.

She holds a master's degree in Communications and Public Relations from the National School of Administration and Political Science of Bucharest (2007).

[5] In 2002–2003, Gorghiu interned as a lawyer in Bucharest, then working as such from June 2003 to December 2004 at Bogdan Olteanu's firm.

[8] The committee's report, the findings of which were announced by Gorghiu in July 2009, declared that Ridzi had committed embezzlement and abused public office, and sought her indictment by prosecutors.

[12] Additionally, as a member of the joint committee tasked with revising the constitution, she advocated that the absentee ballot and a voting age of sixteen be enshrined in the document.

[18] In June 2022, following the resignation of Florin Cîțu, she became interim Senate President,[19] a position she held for nearly a year.

[20] In 2016, Gorghiu secretly married Lucian Isar, a banker who briefly served as a junior minister under Victor Ponta in his first cabinet in 2012.