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Shannon Andrews
[edit]Shannon Andrews (born 6 September 1985) is an American-Canadian poet, theologian, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, soccer coach, air-hockey extraordinaire and high school English teacher. Born in Singapore, she and her family traveled to the United States when she was 10 years old. Andrews was notoriously distractible and after attending several colleges over the course of 7 years, she was accepted to Multnomah Seminary in Portland, OR. There, Andrews pursued a Masters in Divinity followed by a Masters in Teaching English and Social Studies on the Middle/High school levels. Her attainments in these areas of study which have acquired praise consist of “Is God Good?” (an internal dialogue, 2009), “The Bitter Guest” a short story, 2012), and “I Love You Little Pirate” (winner of Imago Dei Community Writers Award in 2013).
Andrews was married at 21 years of age to the biggest crush she had ever had, Joshua Andrews (2006). Six years later they welcomed their first baby boy, Afton. Shortly after their first son was born Andrews became pregnant again and their daughter, Novalee Sage, arrived. Four months after the birth of her daughter, Andrews forgot to take her birth control, and with great trepidation, they received a third baby boy, Canon-Oaks (2015). At 38 years old, Andrews and her husband adopted their fourth and final child, Harlan (2016).
Shannon has released an extensive catalogue of songs as a solo artist for her children and has composed electronic music on her home computer. Her repertoire includes “It’s Bedtime”, “No Seriously, It’s Bedtime”, “Don’t Make Me Come Up there”, “You Do NOT Have to Pee Again”, and perhaps most renown, “For the love of All that is Holy, Go to Sleep” (2017).
Andrews has participated in many 3rd-world outreaches in order to provide medical supplies and campaign for impoverished communities. These include various leprosy melas, aids hospices, and orphanages which act as a refuge for children trapped in sex trafficking throughout India, Thailand, China, Central and South America. Her aspirations include continuing to teach on the secondary level in the United States for many years, and traveling back to SE Asia with her family to serve as an educator and advocate of young girls, segregated from education because of their gender.