She graduated with honors in literature (philosophical address) at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan; after the degree, she worked as an editorial consultant.

Between 1987 and 1990, she edited volumes on the Italian language for Motta Editore, Selezione, Mondadori, Club degli Editori, and De Agostini.

She was married two times: first with Paolo Taranta (marriage annulled by the Roman Rota on her appeal) and then with Alberto Brambilla, from which she had two children and from whom she subsequently divorced.

[5] In April 2020, the Prosecutor Offices of Rome, Savona, Siracusa, and Imperia started an investigation on her due to trafficking of non-compliant masks from China.

In November 2021, the Economic and Financial Police Unit of the Guardia di Finanza of Milan carried out a preventive seizure of €4 million against her and one of her consultants, among the suspects in an investigation that focuses on a series of commercial transactions, in particular the purchase and sale of three Ferrari, which would have been used to clean up the proceeds of tax evasion.