Prior to that, she was chief of staff to State Senator Christine Tartaglione and political director of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.[4] She earned a degree in economics from Stockton State University and studied Community and Regional Planning and Urban Studies at Temple University.[4] In 2009, Vito was arrested after drinking heavily at a downtown Harrisburg bar. According to police, Vito was "too drunk to sign the citation."[5]
She was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Smartest Staffers and Operatives."[6] In 2002, she was named to the PoliticsPA "Sy Snyder's Power 50" list of politically influential people in Pennsylvania.[7] She was named to the PoliticsPA "Democratic Dream Team" list of top political operatives in Pennsylvania.[8] She was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women."[9]