[2] After graduating from high school in 1994, she completed an apprenticeship as an office clerk at Volkswagen and qualified as a business administrator.

[6] According to the Handelsblatt, the rise of the daughter of an Italian guest worker family to the top of the corporate group's employee representatives is "an important moment not only for Volkswagen, but for the entire trade union movement.

[4] According to Die Tageszeitung and Manager Magazin, Cavallo "is now in what is probably the most powerful position on the employee side in German industry".

[3][8] In a long interview with editors of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit in June 2021, Cavallo spoke about controversial high salary payments to the Works Councils and the effects of the Volkswagen emissions scandal.

Because of her origins as the daughter of a guest-worker, she feels particularly drawn to fighting racism and xenophobia in Volkswagen Group and to improving career opportunities for women.