Lorrine Patterson was born in Guam but never got to experience that version of island life. Her family moved to Oahu, Hawaii when she was only a few months old and they stayed there until Lorrine turned 12. After watching her parents divorce, she moved to California with her mother. These experiences during her formative years helped create a lasting sense of wonder and curiosity for the world around her.

 

Lorrine earned her BS in Business Management and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. She has worked in the hotel industry, property management, and facilities management and specializes in customer service. Passionate about all she does, Lorrine stewed over the idea of writing a book for the better part of a decade. It wasn’t until the realities of pandemic life in 2020 took hold that she decided it was finally time to put pen to paper. Through the suffering and troubling times Lorrine finally discovered her true passion and purpose in life, bringing some goodness to a world in need. Her first book, Freeing Your Heart For Love is a memoir where Lorrine shares some of her greatest challenges in life with hopes to encourage and inspire you.

 

When she wrote her book and released it, she asked herself this question, “What is beyond the book?” Lorrine knew that she wanted to reach more people all over the world with her powerful story of overcoming, but also wanted to take it further and be a Philanthropist. This is when she decided to start a nonprofit called Show Up & Love. 

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 Lorrine is a God fearing woman who believes that God has a plan for all of us and, even if we don't know the plan yet, we are all guided to the right place at the right time if you trust and believe in God's timing and our savior Jesus Christ. 

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Lorrine enjoys spending quality time with her family. She is blessed to have met the love of her life in 2017.  She loves peaceful devotional time with God and serving the Lord by sowing his seeds of love and light into the world.