Virginia Frontiero completed her undergraduate education at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology. She went on to earn both a Master of Science in Nursing and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She also completed a nurse practitioner residency program in family practice and community health at Community Health Center, Inc. in Connecticut. She began her career as a primary care provider in Meriden, Connecticut, prior to relocating to Charleston.