Carrie Bucalo is an American painter and writer from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She survived eighteen years of sexual abuse in her home, then ran away at the age of eighteen to become a Carmelite nun in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For three years she prayed, painted, and searched for God's voice in monastic silence and solitude. In 2005, she married Justin Bucalo, who serves in the United States Army. The couple has six children and currently resides in Hawaii. In 2010 Carrie founded the website Healed By Truth to share her reflective essays, The Spiritual Journey of Healing. In 2023 she co-authored Matthew 18: a conversation between a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and a Catholic Bishop with Bishop Bill Muhm from the Archdiocese of Military Services. She advocates for the faith-needs of the wounded in the Catholic Church, pursues justice, shares her artwork, and writes for the bestselling Magnificat.
