Patricia Hefti

Patricia Hefti, a retired homeschooling parent, holds a bachelor of science in microbiology, a master of education, and an elementary education teaching certificate, all from Texas A&M University. Her greatest joy in life, however, is knowing her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She has taught elementary school children at The Lighthouse International Outreach Center church school and worked in the TAMU Biology Department and in the Medical School’s biochemistry/biophysics department as a laboratory technician. For twenty years, Patricia served as the children’s pastor at local churches, while homeschooling her two daughters and keeping records for the family’s businesses. Mother to two grown daughters, Rebekah and Candace, and grandmother to Caroline, Patricia lives on a ranch in Bryan, Texas, with her strong, hard-working husband, Roy, where they raised cattle for 20 years. Even though she was raised in the desert city of El Paso, she always dreamed of living in the country among grass, trees, and water. Their rural lifestyle here in Central Texas has afforded their children and grandchild the opportunity to learn about nature first-hand, something Patricia is especially thankful for.