Doris Irish Lacks has served in various capacities for the benefit of young people for over seventy years. She has been a pastor's wife, a children's Sabbath School teacher, a women's dean at Southern Missionary College (now Southern Adventist University), and an administrative secretary at Clarkson University in New York. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a music degree specializing in Trombone Performance. Currently, Doris lives in sunny California and enjoys reading, writing, and entering 5K races, knowing that she is guaranteed to win because she will be the only runner in her age group. Her favorite Bible verse is Hebrews 13:5 (KJV) "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."
