She was born in
Maracay on August 31, 1968, and raised in
Cagua. She is the daughter of
Italian father Carmelo Vaccarella (originally from
Messina,
Sicily), who immigrated to Cagua, where he met his future wife,
Slovenian mother Anna Ilija (originally from
Yugoslavia), while she was visiting one of her sisters who lived there. Ilija immigrated to
Güigüe when she was five years old. She has one brother, Antonio (born 1966). At 17 years of age, Vaccarella moved to Caracas to study journalism at the
Andrés Bello Catholic University, where she graduated first of its class. She began her career in
RCTV, where worked as a journalist for 10 years. Vaccarella started as a
correspondent, then with only 24 years old, she led
Alerta, She also ventured into radio and worked for 8 years in Kys FM 101.5. After she left RCTV Vaccarella joins
Venevisión, where she had the opportunity to work as
news anchor together with journalists
Unai Amenabar and
Eduardo Rodríguez. She worked in Venevisión for 12 years, until December 2013. Then, she decides to return to the radio to be the host of the program
En Sintonía transmitted by Unión Radio 90.3 FM. == Personal life ==