[4] Goldberg's family immigrated to Massachusetts and opened a grocery store in Boston's North End in 1892.

The family opened additional stores and their business grew into what eventually became Stop & Shop, the largest supermarket chain in New England.

[5] Goldberg helped run this family business when she was younger[6] and attributes some of her stance on advocating for local issues to her upbringing with a family-run market.

[13] Goldberg was seated as Treasurer January 21, 2015 after defeating Republican Mike Heffernan in the general election.

[17] Prior to becoming Treasurer, Goldberg served as president of the board of directors of Adoptions with Love,[18] was an Advisory Board member of the Greater Boston Food Bank, is a Commissioner on the Town of Brookline's Neighborhood Conservation District Commission, was Senate President Therese Murray's appointee to the Treasurer's Commonwealth Covenant Fund, and sat on the advisory board of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at Harvard Kennedy School.