Rosemary Oates Mongelluzzo is a native of Mobile, Alabama, and has lived in Long Beach for the past 23 years. She attended St. Mary's Elementary School and Bishop Toolen High School in Mobile. She received a B.S. in elementary education with a concentration in health from Auburn University. Mrs. Mongelluzzo took graduate courses in special education at the University of New Orleans.

For the past 37 years, Mrs. Mongelluzzo has taught grades 2 through 8 in three states in both public and parochial schools. She believes Catholic education is a choice that leads to a rewarding future both spiritually and academically.

Mrs. Mongelluzzo enjoys a variety of sports and spending time with her husband, Bill, and their two daughters, Theresa and Angela.