She was one of the early female newspaper directors in Italy and was part of the irredentist liberal-national journalists of the period.
[1][2] She was born in Trieste on 29 November 1837 to the Sabbadini family of Jewish religion and of Sephardic origin.
[3] She was the eldest daughter of Isach Sabbadini and Stellina Estella Norsa, originally from Mantua.
[1] She was educated by Marco Tedeschi who was her relative and the chief rabbi of the Jewish community in Trieste.
[1][4] She also worked for different publication as their correspondent in Gorizia, including Il Piccolo, Patria del Friuli and Le Pagine Friulane.