Since then, Roma-Deeley has dedicated her life to poetry. She came to Phoenix in 1979 and obtained her Master's Degree of Arts at Arizona State University. She was also published in the anthology Looking for Home, edited by Debra Keenen and Roseann Lloyd. She is one of two poetry editors for the National Forum. After receiving her undergraduate degree in journalism, Roma-Deeley remembers realizing just how significant education was in her life.
Education is powerful tool for change.
She feels grateful for her own education and wants to share it with her students. Although she is an accomplished poet, Roma-Deeley still undergoes the same struggles with writing as her students. She lets them know that she was terrified in the beginning. She knows being a writer provides a model for her students, and she is just as confused as they are at times. She feels the work at PVCC is her true calling, though.