Vera is a former Wall Street trader[5] and is also known for running the cross-dressing school Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want to be Girls,[6][7] on which she wrote a book, Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls, published by Doubleday in 1997.[8][9][10][11][12] She has published two follow-up books: Miss Vera's Cross-Dress For Success and Miss Vera's Cross Gender Fun For All.[13][14] She also wrote a monthly article in Adam magazine called "Veronica Vera's New York" that ran from 1983-1995.[15]
Vera's activist work includes a testimony she gave in 1983 that became part of the Meese Report. She was also a founder of the first porn star support group, Club 90.[16]