The author is a native of Cuba and an American citizen who
came to the US at the age of seven. Throughout her life, she has
had the opportunity to wear many different hats career-wise. First,
she worked as a legal secretary for various and sundry firms in the
Miami, Florida, area for twenty-five years. This allowed her to
study, finance, and obtain all her degrees in clinical psychology,
culminating in her doctorate. She was licensed in the state of Florida
as a clinical psychologist, and retired her license in May of 2026.
She has also worked as a trust specialist and later as a social studies
teacher, teaching world history to eighth graders for twenty-two
years full-time for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, as well
as working part-time simultaneously for Children's Psychiatric
Center, which later became Institute for Child and Family Health
for approximately thirteen years. She retired from the work force
in 2022. The author has previously dabbled at writing poetry. She
now embarks on a new endeavor--namely, writing. The Blue Ball,
a book for young children, is her first book. It is her hope that all
children and their parents enjoy it.