Maria Romano is the founder of True Love Knots, a program she created specifically to help those looking for love later in life. An ordained minister and highly sought after professional speaker, she has performed over 3000 marriages. More importantly she knows how difficult starting over can be from her deeply personal experience. After being married to the love of her life for 33 years, her husband passed away and she suddenly went from the perfect plus one to just one. Life changed forever for Maria and she was left to pick up the pieces of her life.

She saw how the world caters to the young while the message of ageism causes so many not to realize their best days are ahead. She personally experienced the journey of being happily married to widowed and suddenly single - and its ups and downs. She had to wrestle with the difficult decision to put herself out there again and quickly realized how dating today has changed. It was then she realized the importance of helping others going through a similar journey - and True Love Knots was born. As a featured speaker, Maria shares her story to inspire those later in life to make the most of their wisdom and experience while looking for the right partner.

When she’s not busy connecting with her audiences, Maria loves being home, spending time with her rescue Great Dane, cooking, and making memories with her family and friends. She also enjoys wine tasting, exercising, reading, and volunteering as a pastoral care minister and mediating in small claims for local residents. Maria’s greatest joy is her children and grandchildren.