Emily M DeardoEmily M. DeArdo is a Catholic writer and speaker who graduated in 2004 from Capital University with a bachelor's degree in political science and English literature. She worked for the Ohio State Senate for ten years. At age eleven, DeArdo was iagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a fatal genetic disease, and received a double-lung transplant at age twenty-three.

She contributed to several studies published by Take Up & Read in 2018 and 2019 and also self-published an eBook, Catholic 101. DeArdo has also been a guest on The Jennifer Fulwiler Show on SiriusXM Radio. She was named Young Catholic Woman of the Year by the Diocese of Columbus in 2005. She was a contestant on Jeopardy! in 2016.

DeArdo, who is a Third Order Lay Dominican, lives in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Read More Read Less