Mrs. Pita was born in Cuba and immigrated to the U.S. when she was 5 years old. She attended St. John the Apostle Catholic School in Hialeah for her elementary years and continued to Monsignor Pace for high school. During her freshman year while taking Physical Science she knew she wanted to be a science teacher. After high school, she went on to Barry University. She graduated from Barry with a Major in Biology and minors in Chemistry and secondary school education. Before having children she taught at Pace and Christopher Columbus High School. She has a wonderful husband and two children at OLL.