Loretta is a native of St. Louis, MO, and moved to Arizona in 1997. Loretta’s husband is a park ranger with the National Park Service and they have lived many places throughout Arizona, Missouri, Arkansas and Alaska, only to realize they love southern Arizona and all it’s beauty most. Loretta has a degree in Interior Design and used that in her first career as a Showroom Manager for a plumbing company for 10 years, then became a mom. This became Loretta’s second and forever career. Being a mom is THE greatest joy. Loretta has two daughters who live in Tucson. Once her daughters were old enough, she went back to work in Administration in many different places including the community college, the Catholic Church and several Christian elementary schools. Loretta loves her St. Thomas the Apostle parish work and truly enjoys getting to know the parishioners.