Jill E. Ficks Friedman studied English and education at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkhill, New York, before graduating from Mt. St. Mary's University in Brentwood, California...view moreJill E. Ficks Friedman studied English and education at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkhill, New York, before graduating from Mt. St. Mary's University in Brentwood, California, with a degree in Sociology and Psychology. She is married, has two adult children, and lives in Southern California.view less