Raema Mauriello is a mother of four and works as a staff pastor and project manager at Shoreline Dallas. She is the author of The Struggle is Real and Because Crack is Illegal. She started her career as a Navy Journalist and a Search and Rescue Swimmer (being one of only eight women at that time who completed the arduous training course). She graduated from Liberty University with her Bachelors of Religious Studies, continues to serve in ministry, and writes a weekly blog (www.raemam.com). She has guest written for numerous blogs and was interviewed for her book, Because Crack is Illegal on 89.7 Power FM (a DFW Christian Radio station).