Jona Winkelman is a wife and mother of three small children, 5, 3, and 1. Prior to her transformation into a stay at home mother, she completed a Sacred Theological Baccalaureate (S.T.B.) and License (S.T.L) in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelicum in Rome. The last four of her nine years in Rome she worked at the Vatican as an official guide of the Scavi, the Vatican Necropolis and Tomb of Saint Peter the Apostle. Following the completion of her degrees she has taught undergraduate college level theology and worked in adult faith formation at a parish level. She recently began teaching the Called and Gifted Workshop and interviewing in 2016.