Bea grew up in an Hispanic household in South Texas. She has been a science teacher, cancer research technician and a sales representative for a recycled products company. She lives in Texas with her husband and pack of five standard poodles. She enjoys scouring garage sales and thrift stores for treasures, perusing antique stores, DIY remodeling projects, studying homesteading techniques, gardening, aquaponics and tending her poultry in motion flock of chickens. Her goal is to write novels that draw the reader to a closer relationship with God.