Shirley Brooks is a native of Washington, DC.  She attends the Bethesda Internal Church of the Lord Jesus Christ where she servers as a Deaconess and also as a member of the praise team and choir.  She is a graduate of Smith Business School of Washington, DC.

She is the owner of Hands of Praise Gift Baskets for all occasions.  She is the mother of two, Dee and Jade, and the grandmother of three, Erin, Sydnee and Aidan.

Her passion is to be a uncompromised servant of the Lord Jesus Christ in which she was called.