Stan Cotta was born and raised in the central San Joaquin Valley of California. His parents were of Portuguese decent. His father was a dairyman and farmer and his mother, a housew...view moreStan Cotta was born and raised in the central San Joaquin Valley of California. His parents were of Portuguese decent. His father was a dairyman and farmer and his mother, a housewife. He was raised with two brothers and four sisters. He attended and graduated from Laton Elementary and High Schools.
Stan and his wife raised two sons he claims he grew up with. His sons, Matthew, a minister of the Word and sacraments in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and Michael, an executive chef, and their families live in Carol Stream, Illinois, and Billings, Montana, respectively.
He served as department chaplain for Kings County Sheriff’s Department and Jail in Hanford, California, for eleven years. He currently resides on his small horse ranch located between Hanford and Lemoore, California.
Counseling has been the primary focus of Stan’s career. He has served as associate relations counselor for a local business in their Human Resources Department located in Lemoore, California. He has served there for fifteen years at this writing.view less