Lucia Viti was born in Brooklyn and bred in the Bronx, NY and has a B.S. in Journalism from the University of West Virginia. She spent over twenty years in New York as both a copywriter and program director in marketing, advertising, and public relations in the health and wellness profession. In 1999, she moved to San Diego to pursue a career in publishing. Ms. Viti has worked as a certified fitness professional in group exercise and personal training for thirty years and continues to write for health and wellness trade journals and publications. Her Sweet Kitties calendars demonstrate her passion for photography and cats. When not writing, taking pictures, teaching, and running along the majestic Pacific near her home in Carlsbad, California, Ms. Viti cooks and cares for her significant other surrounded by their brood of Bengals.

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