Dr. Patricia McCormack, IHM is an international formation-education consultant, public speaker, and author of the “Parking Lot Parent” trilogy/(Twenty-third Publications), Resilience & Self-Reliance – Key Pieces in the Self-Esteem Puzzle (NCEA), Embrace the Mission – Be the “I” in Evangelize (NCEA), Parental Love Is (The Pastoral Center) and dozens of articles. Additionally, her ministry includes parent presentations as well as workshops, retreats and days of in-serviceto the educational community.