 She moved to Minnesota in 1967, where she became involved with the arts community in Rochester.In 1970, she became acting director of the Rochester Art Center where she founded the children's art program Total Arts Day Camp.Involved in many other facets of the Minnesota art community, Onofrio also helped found and acted as president of the Minnesota Crafts Council in 1972, and served on the founding committee of the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 1975.