Patty LaRoche is a former high school teacher whose #1 goal was to help students understand their immeasurable value. That message is shared when she speaks to Christian, educational and business groups. She is certified to speak about the fight against sex-trafficking, and as a weekly columnist for three area newspapers, weaves faith, hope and humor in everything she writes.

Her time is split between Fort Scott, Kansas, and Mazatlán, Mexico, where she volunteers with a Christian dump-feeding program and local orphanages, knowing that the message of rejection knows no boundaries. 

Patty is a wife, mother, stepmother, great-grandmother, writer, speaker and athlete/coach.  A Little Faith Lift includes anecdotes of rejection in each of those areas and is written to offer hope to others who can relate.