SistaTrudy66 and SistaTradea are the pen names used by Fontaine. She lives in Philadelphia, PA. She attended Germantown HS, and worked for the Philadelphia Welfare Dept. She has two children and several young grandchildren. She is a breast cancer survivor and is now cancer free. She says, "Although, I've been doing poetry for years, I went on to PASCEP at Temple University for Spoken Word/Poetry in the fall of 2007." She has a book, Adversities of Life, that is now on Amazon or www.lulu.com/velmajacksonid635623.