About the Author

Teresa Adele Bettino was born in East Orange, New Jersey. She was raised in the West Trenton area of New Jersey, graduating from Ewing High School and The College of New Jersey, formally Trenton State College. As a child, her parents owned a home in Barnegat Light. Teresa began her career in social work as a VISTA volunteer in Richmond, Virginia. She resides on a minifarm in Mechanicsville, Virginia with her husband and son. Other members of her family are horses, cats, birds and a dog.