is the youngest of Josephine (Piro) and Joseph Raimondo's three children. Her father, Joseph (1926-2014), made his career at the Bulova watch factory in Providence, Rhode Island; he became unemployed at 56 when the Bulova company moved its operations to China, shuttering the factory in Providence. Raimondo is a childhood friend of U.S. Senator Jack Reed.

Raimondo graduated from LaSalle Academy