Louise Barrett Derr received her bachelor's and master's degrees in education from UNC-Chapel Hill. For twenty-six years she taught in the North Carolina public schools. Mrs. Derr developed and presented her curricula for gifted children at numerous state and national teachers' conferences. This motorcyclist, private airplane pilot, and scuba diver enjoys gardening and nature study. Mrs. Derr became a Christian in 1974 and was discipled in a Bible-centered church. She and her husband, Harry, moved to Waxhaw, North Carolina, in 1999 to volunteer at the JAARS Center, supporting Wycliffe translators. Here she learned the skill of audio recording on computer and is now sharing the vision of vernacular media. Traveling in twenty-five countries around the world has given her a desire to see people everywhere discover the science in the Scriptures.