Elyse Cooke earned her Master of Divinity degree from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology with a concentration in Scripture and Interpretation. She currently works as a part-time hospital chaplain and full-time elementary school teacher. She is on the ordination track in the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America). She resides in Michigan with her spouse, Dr. Caralie Cooke, and their two dogs.