Regina Calcaterra

Regina Calcaterra is the New York Times Best Selling author of Etched in Sand, HarperCollins Publishing, released in August 2013. Etched in Sand is a memoir that chronicles how Regina and her four siblings survived an unspeakable childhood on Long Island. In June 2014 it rose to #2 on both the New York Times and Wall Street Journals Non-Fiction E-Books Best Sellers lists and #6 on the New York Times Combined Print & E-Books Best Sellers list. It has received critical praise from the prestigious Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews and has been nominated as one of the books to be considered for “First Year Experience” a national collegiate program that selects mandatory reading for incoming college freshman. Etched in Sand is available in English, Spanish and Polish. Regina’s story has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood’s segment on the Science of Survival, Inside Edition, Fox-5, CBS The Couch, People Magazine, the New York Post, the New York Law Journal, Newsday and various local media outlets.For over a decade Regina served as a frequent commentator of policy and politics on FoxNews, CNBC, Fox 5 and and also contributed op-eds to Newsday and other media outlets on national and local issues. She proudly serves as a board member to You Gotta Believe, an organization that works towards finding older foster children forever homes.She has received numerous awards and recognitions included receiving the honor as a foster child role model from Tom Collichio, famed Bravo Top Chef at his annual event for the Children of Bellevue, an organization where he serves as chairman. She recently received the Maxine Postal Humanitarian Award, the Woman of the Year Award from the East End Women’s Network, and the Geraldine Ferraro Award of Courage. She has also mentioned in the following books as a researcher or for her advocacy efforts: Framing a Life: A Family Memoir, Geraldine Ferraro with Catherine Whitney. Scribner, 1998; Gli italiani di New York, Maurizio Molinari. Editori Laterza, 2011; and trendSpotting, Richard Laermer. Penguin Putnam, 2002.She has over 25 years of private and public sector legal and public policy related experience. She is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz and Seton Hall University School of Law and is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Eastern and Southern US District Courts.