Lee Palencar is an artist, author, retreat director, and retired art educator with 23 years teaching experience in public and private schools. She has a BA with double majors in Art and History from Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and earned a Master of Arts in Sacred Art from Pontifex University in 2022. Happily married to artist and illustrator John Jude Palencar for 38 years, they have great joy in their adult sons, Ian and Kit, and their new daughter, Kit’s wife, Kelly. Lee and John reside in Medina, Ohio.