Attended Wheaton Central High school in Wheaton, Illinois, where she met and began dating Belushi during her sophomore year; he graduated in 1967 and she in 1969.
Married to writer/producer Victor Pisano. They own the Belushi Pisano Gallery in Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and oversee The Official Blues Brothers Revival along with Dan Aykroyd.
In 1973, she and John moved to New York City to work for National Lampoon, where she started out as an art assistant. She later became an associate producer for The National Lampoon Radio Hour.