I grew up in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania with a passionately Catholic family, and my earliest memory of my relationship with Jesus was on the kindergarten playground - hasn't stopped since! At the age of 14, I discovered praise and worship, and picked up my first guitar.  My life has never been the same. My degrees are in Theology and Catechetics from Franciscan University of Steubenville and I now reside in the desert of Phoenix, AZ, serving in ministry full-time as the Youth Minister at St. Theresa Parish.  Founder of the ministry The Father's Heart and Co-founder of Don't Shove The Dove Catholic Podcast (available on Spotify). For the past decade, I have had the opportunity to travel internationally as a speaker and worship leader for conferences, retreats, and ministry events for all ages and I LOVE it!