Ramona Singer, an American novelist, businesswoman, and television personality, was born on November 18, 1956.

She has been in all 13 seasons of the reality television series The Real Housewives of New York City, where she played a major role, for which she is most recognized.

Singer was the first female to complete the four-year honors degree in marketing at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

After earning her undergraduate degree, Singer participated in a training program at Macy’s, where she later worked as a buyer. For these clothing brands, Calvin Klein and French Connection, she also held a sales management position.

Singer founded RMS Fashions, Inc., a wholesale clothing company. In 2005, she and her ex-husband Mario Singer started a jewelry business called True Faith Jewelry.

Ramona Singer’s Parents

The reality star grew up in an extremely tumultuous household, being raised by her father, Bohdan Mazur, and her mother, Veronika Mazur.

Ramona and her sister, Sonya Mazur, both claim they were raised in an abusive environment. Their father was an alcoholic who allegedly verbally abused their mother while they were growing up.

Ramona opened up about her troubled childhood, calling the early years of her life as “a blur of nightmarish memories, punctuated by my father drinking too much, then drunkenly abusing and berating my mother.”