Kathleen Tomasulo was born in Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin. She lived her early life in Mayville, Wisconsin. After high school, she traveled in Europe for a number of years. Then Kathleen earned a degree in Latin and Classics from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee where she was a Phi Beta Kappa. After finishing school, she was a pastry chef in a French restaurant in Miami, Florida, had a small catering business, taught cooking classes, attended L'Academie de Cuisiine in Bethesda, Maryland and worked as a chef at Dean and Deluca in Georgetown. She lived in Switzerland for five years and then Massachusetts for three before settling in Paradise Valley, Arizona in 2003. Kathleen now lives in North Central Phoenix. She is married and has three adult children. For Christmas in 2007, her son Joe arranged a painting class for Kathleen. This website shows the result of Kathleen's work over the last 20 years.
