Sharon is a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Parish and a lifelong resident of East Boston. She serves the parish as Eucharistic Minister, CAP member, and has served as Religious Education Director since 1999.

She is a graduate of Salem State University and ihas been a teacher for over 40 years. She has worked at East Boston Central Cathcolic School for hte past 33 years, where she continues to teach 5th Grade. In 2018, she won the Archdiocese of Boston's Excellence in Education Award. 

Sharon is the proud mother of a son, Robert, and a daughter, Lauryn, both of whom are teachers. Lauryn teaches 1st grade at East Boston Central Catholic School, and Robert is teaching at Wakefield High School, where he is Head of the History Department. Her daugther-in-law, Victoria is also a teacher and teaches online courses from home. She loves her four beautiful grandchildren, Thomas, Alyson, Michael, and Emily. Thomas and Alyson  both attend East Boston Central Catholic School. 

Sharon attributes her mother, Josephine Carlton, as the greatest teacher and influence in her becoming a teacher.