Ada, along with her parents and four siblings, is a founding member of Nativity.  She graduated from Walsh College with a B. A. in Education and a minor in LD/BD.  Her teaching included summer school in the Springfield Local School District, 4 ^th and 7 ^thgrades at St. Matthew, Akron, Revere High School Dramatics Director, and Special Needs Tutor at St. Hilary for the Copley/Fairlawn School District.  She is a certified Parish Catechetical Leader and Master Catechist with the Diocese of Cleveland.  She and her husband Rich were married at Nativity where they raised their 4 sons.  She was a volunteer catechist for 10 years and hired as Director of Religious Education in August of 1999.