Dominick PepitoDominick Pepito was born on Long Island, in Babylon, New York; he started writing the Return to Christ Trilogy when he was only 15 years old. His inspiration for writing the Return to Christ Trilogy & Through the Heavenly Gates at such a young age, ws from the many religious experiences he had as a child. After graduating from high school, Dominick had an opportunity to do missionary work in Calabria, Italy. While he was there, he also traced back his family lineage and found that his family came from Reggio Calabria. After doing some more initial research, he also discovered that his family was separated after WWII and that his relatives were living in Bagnara, a province right in Calabria. After this amazing coincidence and rejoining his two families together again after 40 years of separation because of WWII, Dominick decided to head back to the United States. With the finding of his family, this extraordinary event just fermented his belief in the Holy Spirit and the power and love of Jesus Christ. IN HIS OWN WORDS ...... I have done missionary work in Italy and feel it is instilled within us, naturally to want to give something back to humanity. I am a very open minded and generous person almost to a fault. I believe everything happens for a reason, I also believe we must cherish and appreciate the time we are given with everyone we contact, because they were put in our lives for a purpose. No matter how little or how long of the time you spend with someone, they leave a little part of themselves within you, and that is what ultimately molds us as a person. We need to decide what we wish to do with those life experiences, and whether or not, to turn those experiences into positive or negative life lessons. Read More Read Less