Education
She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1972–74 and fenced as a member of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.
She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1972–74 and fenced as a member of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.
She later transferred and fenced for San Jose State University in late the 1970s and early 1980s. She holds a record for two National Titles, and was a 1-rated Referee. She was inducted into the USFA Hall of Fame in 2004.
As a child, she lived in Ripon, California, and later, lived in Ashland, Oregon, where she taught private fencing lessons. 1973 World Championships 1975 NIWFA Pan American Team Member 1976 U.S. Olympic Team Foil Fencer 1980 U.S. Olympic Team Foil Fencer Because of Jimmy Carter's ban on the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Games, D'Asaro and the rest of her Olympic Fencing team did not compete in the games. A History of the Amateur Fencers League of America - D'Asaro, G.K.J. 1983.
A history of the Amateur Fencers League of America. Unpublished thesis, Ph.D. dissertation. (U860 D37, San Jose State University).