Laura Masciarelli grew up on Long Island, the second of five sisters. She graduated from Colgate University and became an analytical chemist. After thirteen years working in various pharmaceutical companies, she attended Touro College and became a physical therapist, working with children. At the present time she treasures living close to the ocean on Long Island with her husband, son and two dogs. Laura teaches violin and writes. She is interested in all things spiritual, whatever brings on that sacred sense of wonder and awe—a modern day mystic living in an every day world.