Tina Devito:  

If you knew me in high school, it probably won't come as a big surprise that I've been working in Christian ministry for the past 20 years--as a teacher, a music director, campus minister, and director of liturgy and spirituality. It is what I love to do, what I'm called to do. For 16 years now, my husband and I have enjoyed our life and our home near the Jersey shore. Family is important to us, which is WHY we're still living in NJ--our roots are here (not that we have any great love for the state. Retirement will be elsewhere, to be sure.) However, we both love to travel, and as funds allow, we hope to complete our "wish list" of places to visit before we die.... My favorite place in the whole world (so far) is Italy--i could sooooooooooo easily live there. I LOVE animals--especially dogs. I like dogs more than I like most people. My dog, Santino (we call him Sonny, among other things) is a 1 1/2 year old Goldendoodle. I always wanted to be an archaeologist when I was young.......but once i realized that I would have to camp out on the dig sites, along with the creepies and crawlies, i decided to stick to reading about what the archaeologists found. My husband and i both love history, a...Expand for more