Graziella began her career as a jazz music publicist when she first co-produced the Philadelphia Jazz and Poetry festival with business partner Warren Oree. Since 2002, Graziella has been the co-music producer and manager of public relations for over twenty jazz festivals in Philadelphia and hundreds of concerts. As Communications Manager for Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts (RCCA) and the Walter K. Gordon Theater, Graziella programmed over 34 concerts and events per year. Graziella has worked with notable artists including Esperanza Spalding, McCoy Tyner, Larry Price,  Benny Golson, Omar Sosa, Savion Glover, Miguel Zenon, Robert Glasper, Terence Blanchard, Kevin Eubanks, Gregory Porter, Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble, and many more.

Graziella is also the Executive Director of the non-profit organization, LifeLine Music Coalition, Inc. which produced the popular West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival. 

Graziella’s wealth of experience includes managing public relations campaigns and events for corporate clients which include the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia, Rutgers University Department of Fine Arts, Global Philadelphia Association, and the Philadelphia World Heritage City Project. 

A native New Yorker, Graziella began her career as a fashion copywriter on New York’s Seventh Avenue, for the burgeoning direct mail catalog company Brylane, Inc., a parent company of their newly formed Victoria’s Secret catalog.

With a desire to expand her career experience, Graziella accepted a position at Rockefeller University in New York City as an Administrator for the Dean where she developed her event planning skills while producing international conferences for world-renowned scientists and dignitaries.

Graziella has also worked at Ricci Associates Advertising as a Senior Account Executive. With a fluency in Italian and expertise in project management, Graziella supervised the agency’s largest account, Cento Fine Foods. Cento later hired Graziella to help with its exclusive distribution of Buitoni pasta for Nestle Italiana and appointed her Director of Marketing.