Karen Cook graduated from Gateway College of Evangelism with her Bachelors in Christian Education and from McNeese State University with her Bachelors in Music Education. She was the music teacher at Tupelo Christian Academy, grades K-12, and toured with the Tupelo Children’s Mansion during her tenure there for seven years. She has taught piano, bass, guitar, drums, elementary music, junior and senior high school choir and band. She currently is the full time music minister at FUPC of DeRidder, LA, and a piano/choir teacher at FTCA in Leesville, LA