Patti Scialfa

Vivienne Patricia Scialfa ( ; born July 29, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Scialfa has been a member of the E Street Band since 1984 and has been married to Bruce Springsteen since 1991. In 2014, Scialfa was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band. Early life Scialfa grew up in Deal, New Jersey on the Jersey Shore. She was the middle child of Joseph Scialfa and Patricia (née Morris) Scialfa. Her father was of Sicilian ancestry and her mother is from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She also has half-siblings from her father's second marriage. Her father was a successful local entrepreneur, who started a television store and became a real estate developer. Asbury Park High School Scialfa began writing songs at an early age. She graduated from Asbury Park High School in 1971. Following high school, she first began working as a back-up singer for New Jersey bar bands. University of Miami and New York University She began college at the University of Miami's jazz conservatory at the Frost School of Music, later transferring to New York University, where she earned an undergraduate degree in music.