Catherine Musco Garcia-Prats
Catherine (Cathy) Musco Garcia-Prats is a wife and mother, a former first grade teacher, an author, and motivational speaker. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University New Orleans. Cathy and her husband Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D., a practicing neonatologist at Baylor College of Medicine and Professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Ethics, have been married 50 years and are the proud parents of ten sons ranging in age from 48 to 30, 7 daughters-in-law and 22 grandchildren. Cathy authored Good Sons Don’t Just Happen: Insights on Raising Boys from the Mother of 10 Sons. She co-authored with her husband Joseph the bestseller Good Families Don’t Just Happen and Good Marriages Don’t Just Happen. They lecture nationally and internationally, individually and as a couple, on parenting, family, marriage, and relationships.
Joseph A. Garcia-Prats
Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D. is a Professor and practicing neonatologist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and holds joint appointments in the Department of Pediatrics and Center for Ethics, Medicine and Public Issues. He is originally from El Paso, Texas where he went to Jesuit High School after which he obtained his undergraduate degree at Loyola University New Orleans. He received his medical degree at Tulane Medical School and did his pediatric training and fellowship in neonatology at Baylor College of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the Arnold J. Rudolph Memorial Newborn ICU, Ben Taub General Hospital and the Deputy Medical Director of Nurseries, Ben Taub General Hospital. Joseph was the 2007 recipient of the Arnold J. Rudolph Lifetime Teaching Award at Baylor College of Medicine. Joseph and his wife, Cathy, have been married 50 years and are the proud parents of ten sons ranging in age from 48 to 30 years of age, 7 daughters-in-law and 22 grandchildren.
Maria Illich
Maria Illich is an educator and writer who resides in Houston, Texas, with her husband Greg. In addition to The Legend of the Ladybug, she authored The Morcant Twins & the Curse of the Griseum, a Young Adult novel nominated for a CYBILS Award as well as a Silver Falchion Award. Maria is a graduate of the University of Saint Thomas in Houston where she was the first recipient of the Susan T. Scanlon Award for Creative Writing. In addition, she earned an undergraduate degree in English and graduate degree in education from UST. She currently teaches middle school English and literature at St. Francis de Sales Catholic School.
The Legend of the Ladybug is the recipient of First Place Children’s Books, Fiction : 2021 Press Women of Texas Communications Contest and the First Place winner Children’s Books, Fiction: 2021 National Federation of Press Women Communication Contest.