Karla McHenry Balemezi was born in South Arkansas and raised in Union Parish, Louisiana. She loves traveling, trying new cuisine, and meeting new people. She enjoyed a successful career as a retail manager with the Department of Defense where she was able to travel around the globe. She had to wear many hats before she found her true calling as a high school teacher and a published novelist. Karla is a living example that despite life’s detours and delayed dreams God is in control.