Francesca’s success story is a testament to her determination and drive. At just 24, she received the Highest Sales Producer Award from the largest personalized dating service in the country, earning the distinction for seven years in a row. When the company was sold, Francesca launched her own ventures in Boston: Friendship Caught Fire, a successful dating service, and Frame of Mind, a coaching service targeting singles. She ran both businesses for eight years, with locations in Braintree, Hanover, East Sandwich, and Centerville, MA. She also contributed a weekly dating column called “Intimate Connections” to the South Shore News.
After selling her company in 1999, Francesca transitioned her love of yoga into a role as a certified yoga therapist, specializing in the field and opening the “Not Just Yoga Women’s Wellness Center” in Milford, Connecticut. She also taught yoga at Yale University.
While vacationing one summer, Francesca discovered and purchased a dilapidated oceanfront Victorian home. Her subsequent renovation of the home earned an award from the Swampscott Historical Commission. During this time, she continued teaching yoga at the Essex County Sheriff’s Department’s Women In Transition Facility in Salisbury, MA, and for Gillette in South Boston. Francesca is also a mediator trained at the Community Dispute Settlement Center in Cambridge. 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.
As a self-taught acrylic painter, Francesca has exhibited her work at Sovereign Bank in Boston and Cambridge and Concetta’s Art Gallery in Marblehead. From 2005 to 2012, she contributed to the “Illuminations Program” at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. In 2020, she donated 13 paintings to the Lincoln METCO, raising over $7,000.
Francesca also established herself as a popular radio host at WXBR in Brockton (now WBMS 101.1FM) before moving on to WMEX in Boston, WNBP in Newburyport, WBIX in Boston, WBOQ in Gloucester, and WATD in Marshfield. Known for her unabashed yet approachable style, Francesca fosters thoughtful discussions with women seeking knowledge and insight. She is also one of only 50 radio talk show hosts in the country selected to be on the National Publicity Summit Panel in New York City, a closed-door event where producers, editors, and hosts share their secrets to success.
