Shelby is a native of sunny Southern California and graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville with her BA in Theology and Psychology. She is currently in the Echo Graduate Service Program through the University of Notre Dame where she is earning her M.A in Theology and working in full time ministry for the Archdiocese of Newark, NJ! If you ever want to browse a bookstore, have a dance party, make a Spotify playlist, or laugh a lot, she’s your girl. She loves the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, St. Mary Magdalene, and St. John the Beloved. She writes to draw others closer to the Lord and finds it to be a beautiful tool of evangelization. Check out her blog here and her other posts on arisebeloved.org.