Gloria Maertens is the eldest of eight children in a big Catholic Family. She is a second generation Homeschooler who has been helping little people learn all her life. As a Volunteer, Gloria is the first grade CCD teacher in her home parish, St. Martin of Tours in Center. In the past she has volunteered as an assistant in the Montessori program; ‘Catechesis of the Good Shepherd’. She has also worked at Faulkner’s Garden Market as Apprentice Manager. Gloria is very active in her parish as a reader and choir member. On the side she is a small business owner in partnership with her cousin. Together they operate 'Freedom Printers L. L. P.' a custom apparel silk-screening business. In her free time she loves to sew custom costumes and other colorful creations. Gloria also loves to read and listen to audio books especially classic authors like Jane Austin, Charles Dickens, J. R. R. Tolkien and many more.