La Rocco, Barbara

Barbara La Rocco was born in the Bronx, as the third child of a NYPD Detective who spent much of his 25-year career investigating organized crime. After earning a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, she traveled the United States working in resort communities from Hilton Head, South Carolina, to Las Vegas, Nevada. Today, Barbara lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she commits her time to raising awareness of coastal issues and urban waterfronts through the nonprofit she founded - Going Coastal, Inc. She writes and publishes guidebook...