Linda Rossi has had a varied career that took her around the globe. She started her professional life after attending Arizona State University where she majored in business and political science. Like her husband Ed, Linda worked in television production where she was a production assistant at NBC for news coverage on space exploration and elections as well as for the Saturday Nightly News. She also worked in advertising and eventually became very involved in volunteer work and politics, participating in several political campaigns in Westchester County, New York.

Upon moving to Los Angeles, Linda was the office manager for a school and helped in fundraising for the Motion Picture Hospital in Calabasas, Calif. Linda and Ed moved to Arizona in 1991; at this point Linda began working in market research and also for the Miss Universe Corporation on several different pageant programs. Her collaboration with the Miss Universe organization enabled her to travel throughout the United States and all over the world. She continues today working with Miss Junior Teen United States and Miss Teen United States. Linda was a key player in our community's Center for Italian Culture and tells everyone that she is an IBM - an Italian By Marriage.