Her sister, Toni, competed in women's singles luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
In February 1985, she won the junior silver medal at the U.S. Championships, finishing second to Jill Trenary.
[1][4] Her skating expenses, nearly $50,000 a year, were covered mainly by her parents who sold a house in Boston and a motel in South Florida.
[1] Damigella won the ladies' title at the Australian Championships in the 1989–90 season,[6] but never appeared for Australia internationally.
In the summer of 1991, she and Doug Williams began a pairs partnership, training in North Hollywood, California.