Starace devoted her life to Jesus Christ and to the Mother of God in her mission to evangelize and provide relief to the ill - this was evident during a series of cholera outbreaks near Naples.

As an adolescent she made efforts twice to enter religious life but was hampered with her health and thus she was required to return to her home; despite these attempts her parents objected.

The Bishop of Casteallammare di Stabia Francesco Petagna placed her as the head of the Pious Union of the Daughters of Mary and part of her time involved teaching catechism to the youth.

[1][3] The beatification process commenced on 4 April 1939 under Pope Pius XII and this granted her the title Servant of God.

Pope John Paul II proclaimed her to be Venerable on 7 July 2003 after he recognized that Starace had lived a life of heroic virtue.