Kathleen Carestia Hart is an avid reader and writer who enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She also loves to run road races, swim, write songs and sing. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband, Jared, her daughter Natalie, and two step-children.
She works at MIT Lincoln Laboratory as a security officer and volunteers her time helping run the Troop Support Packaging Program. Kathleen’s education includes a B.A. in Criminal Justice from Norwich University, an M.A. in Education from the University of Phoenix, and an M.A. in Creative Writing and English from Southern NH University.
Kathleen is a former Marine Combat Engineer and served eight years in the Marine Corps Reserves. She is working on a children’s book series, titled Riley’s Reveille, and the first book will be released in 2019.
Kathleen's desires are to publish fiction children’s books and poetry in the Christian fiction genre that will be specifically geared toward military children. She has seen some of the challenges that children face while their parents are deployed and wants to write books that will help ease them through some of the transitions by sharing the experiences of other children.