Susan Gerardi Bello is grateful and blessed to support St. Luke's Parish as their secretary. Susan studied Theatre Arts at SUNY New Paltz and spent six years in Santa Monica, where she studied screenwriting and poetry. Upon returning to New York, Susan met her husband while working at New York Public Radio, where she served as copy editor and sales support for corporate underwriting.  After the birth of her son, she and her family moved to Bucks County, PA.  Susan co-hosts the Bucks County Bards monthly poetry series at the Newtown Library Company.  Her first poetry collection, Through the Oak Tree, will be published by Kelsay Books in early 2020. Susan, who has Ulcerative Colitis, is a staunch advocate of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) as a primary therapy in the treatment and healing of IBD. In January 2020, she will be joining the Board of Directors of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet Association, a non-profit dedicated to promoting the benefits of SCD.