Francesca Luca’s Bio

Francesca Luca

Francesca’s success story dates back to her early years, as a driven and focused individual who paved her way through sheer determination, will and drive. At only 24 years old she was awarded the Highest Sales Producer Award from the largest personalized dating service in the country.   She continued at that pace for seven consecutive years and  when the company was sold, she immediately began her own venture in Boston. For eight consecutive years thereafter,  she founded, owned and operated Friendship Caught Fire, a successful dating service and Frame of Mind, a coaching service that targeted singles as well, where she had locations in Braintree, Hanover, East Sandwich and Centerville MA.

Additionally, Francesca was a weekly contributor to the South Shore News with her column “Intimate Connections”, a natural adjunct to the services offered at her Dating Agency.  She sold her company in 1999 and made a radical transition to a  fresh, new and exciting venture, studying to train as a Yoga Therapist. She was certified as one, and specialized in the field, opening and operating “Not Just Yoga Women’s Wellness Center”, which provided Healing Arts in Milford, Connecticut and performing as a Yoga Teacher at Yale University in New Haven.

Coincidentally, while vacationing one summer, Francesca found an old oceanfront Victorian in a state of disrepair. She decided to ask the owner if he might consider selling the property and just six months later she purchased it.  Forced to sell her Wellness Center in CT, she moved back to the Boston area and embarked on an extensive renovation project that resulted in an award from the Swampscott Historical Commission for outstanding renovations. During that time she continued teaching yoga at Essex County Sheriff’s Department’s Women In Transition Facility in Salisbury MA, a pre-release facility that serves 24 women with drug and alcohol addictions. Additionally, during that time she taught yoga for Gillette in South Boston.  Francesca is also a Mediator trained at the Community Dispute Settlement Center in Cambridge MA.  In 2015 she became certified in Internal Family Systems through the Center for Self Leadership and currently facilitates a support group for women at the Cambridge Women’s Center in Cambridge, MA.

As a self-trained acrylic painter, her art was exhibited at Sovereign Bank in Boston and Cambridge and Concetta’s Art Gallery in Marblehead MA.  From 2005-2012, Francesca contributed to the “Illuminations Program” at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.  In 2020, she donated 13 paintings to the Lincoln METCO, the largest and second oldest continually running voluntary desegregation program in the nation and raised over $7000.

Prior to syndicating, Francesca established herself as a popular host at WXBR in Brockton(now WBMS 101.1FM)  before moving onto WMEX in Boston, WNBP in Newburyport, WBIX in Boston, WBOQ in Gloucester and WATD in Marshfield.

Fearless and feisty without being abrasive, she connects with women who want to be in the know. With an impressive following, Talk With Francesca is recognized for fostering insightful and thought-provoking inquiries. Additionally, quarterly, Francesca is one of only 50 radio talk show hosts in the country who is chosen to be on the National Publicity Summit Panel in New York City, a closed-door event where people can listen to producers; editors and hosts reveal their secrets for success.