Francesca Garcia Pratten, a retired educator, moved to Port St Lucie Florida with her husband Joe when they retired. They raised their four children in the rural community of Catskill NY on a small farm, away from the hustle and bustle of any large city and only two miles from her family’s farm in Leeds, NY. Once Joe retired from a major utility company they formed a small business making fine chocolates, called the Candyman Chocolates, Inc. in Catskill. Joe worked there until Francesca’s retirement from the local school district.